diff --git a/lib/cursor.js b/lib/cursor.js
index 5eb1196c0..07035a526 100644
--- a/lib/cursor.js
+++ b/lib/cursor.js
@@ -575,7 +575,9 @@ var nextFunction = function(self, callback) {
     // Topology is not connected, save the call in the provided store to be
     // Executed at some point when the handler deems it's reconnected
     if (!self.topology.isConnected(self.options)) {
-      if (!self.cursorState.reconnect) {
+      // Only need this for single server, because repl sets and mongos
+      // will always continue trying to reconnect
+      if (self.topology._type === 'server' && !self.topology.s.options.reconnect) {
         // Reconnect is disabled, so we'll never reconnect
         return callback(new MongoError('no connection available'));
       }