diff --git a/lib/scsocket.js b/lib/scsocket.js
index daf0544..cfa839d 100644
--- a/lib/scsocket.js
+++ b/lib/scsocket.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ var SCSocket = function (options) {
 
   this.id = null;
   this.state = this.CLOSED;
+  this.pendingConnectCallback = false;
 
   this.ackTimeout = opts.ackTimeout;
 
@@ -378,6 +379,8 @@ SCSocket.prototype._onSCOpen = function (status) {
   this._connectAttempts = 0;
   if (this.options.autoProcessSubscriptions) {
     this.processPendingSubscriptions();
+  } else {
+    this.pendingConnectCallback = true;
   }
 
   // If the user invokes the callback while in autoProcessSubscriptions mode, it
@@ -591,7 +594,7 @@ SCSocket.prototype._trySubscribe = function (channel) {
   var self = this;
 
   // We can only ever have one pending subscribe action at any given time on a channel
-  if (this.state == this.OPEN && channel._pendingSubscriptionCid == null) {
+  if (this.state == this.OPEN && !this.pendingConnectCallback && channel._pendingSubscriptionCid == null) {
     var options = {
       noTimeout: true
     };
@@ -725,6 +728,8 @@ SCSocket.prototype.isSubscribed = function (channel, includePending) {
 SCSocket.prototype.processPendingSubscriptions = function () {
   var self = this;
 
+  this.pendingConnectCallback = false;
+
   var channels = [];
   for (var channelName in this._channels) {
     if (this._channels.hasOwnProperty(channelName)) {