diff --git a/src/backend.c b/src/backend.c
index e116757..83ae51d 100644
--- a/src/backend.c
+++ b/src/backend.c
@@ -1231,6 +1231,8 @@
 	 */
 	if (reuse && reuse_orphan) {
 		LIST_DEL(&srv_conn->list);
+		srv_conn->idle_time = 0;
+		srv->curr_idle_conns--;
 		LIST_ADDQ(&srv->idle_conns[tid], &srv_conn->list);
 		if (LIST_ISEMPTY(&srv->idle_orphan_conns[tid]))
 			task_unlink_wq(srv->idle_task[tid]);