diff --git a/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c b/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c
index 0056368c..cd9e646a 100644
--- a/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c
+++ b/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ mthd_my_send_cmd(MYSQL *mysql,enum enum_server_command command, const char *arg,
 
   /* CONC-589: If reconnect option was specified, we have to check if the connection
                (socket) is still available */
-  if (command != COM_QUIT && mysql->options.reconnect && ma_pvio_is_alive(mysql->net.pvio))
+  if (command != COM_QUIT && mysql->options.reconnect && !ma_pvio_is_alive(mysql->net.pvio))
   {
     ma_pvio_close(mysql->net.pvio);
     mysql->net.pvio= NULL;
diff --git a/plugins/pvio/pvio_socket.c b/plugins/pvio/pvio_socket.c
index c891a206..bf4e9bad 100644
--- a/plugins/pvio/pvio_socket.c
+++ b/plugins/pvio/pvio_socket.c
@@ -1082,10 +1082,10 @@ my_bool pvio_socket_is_alive(MARIADB_PVIO *pvio)
 
   res= poll(&poll_fd, 1, 0);
   if (res <= 0) /* timeout or error */
-    return FALSE;
+    return TRUE;
   if (!(poll_fd.revents & (POLLIN | POLLPRI)))
-    return FALSE;
-  return TRUE;
+    return TRUE;
+  return FALSE;
 #else
   /* We can't use the WSAPoll function, it's broken :-(
      (see Windows 8 Bugs 309411 - WSAPoll does not report failed connections)
@@ -1098,8 +1098,8 @@ my_bool pvio_socket_is_alive(MARIADB_PVIO *pvio)
 
   res= select((int)csock->socket + 1, &sfds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
   if (res > 0 && FD_ISSET(csock->socket, &sfds))
-    return TRUE;
-  return FALSE;
+    return FALSE;
+  return TRUE;
 #endif
 }
 /* }}} */
diff --git a/unittest/libmariadb/connection.c b/unittest/libmariadb/connection.c
index 90edc6f6..2d6ef838 100644
--- a/unittest/libmariadb/connection.c
+++ b/unittest/libmariadb/connection.c
@@ -2002,7 +2002,6 @@ static int test_conc748(MYSQL *my __attribute__((unused)))
 static int test_conc589(MYSQL *my)
 {
   MYSQL *mysql= mysql_init(NULL);
-  MYSQL_RES *result;
   int rc;
   my_bool reconnect= 1, verify= 0;
   unsigned long last_thread_id= 0;
@@ -2022,6 +2021,72 @@ static int test_conc589(MYSQL *my)
   rc= mysql_query(mysql, "SET SESSION wait_timeout=5");
   check_mysql_rc(rc, mysql);
 
+  last_thread_id= mysql_thread_id(mysql);
+  rc= mysql_query(mysql, "SET @a:=1");
+  check_mysql_rc(rc, mysql);
+
+  sleep(10);
+
+  rc= mysql_query(mysql, "SET @a:=2");
+  check_mysql_rc(rc, mysql);
+  FAIL_IF(mysql_thread_id(mysql) == last_thread_id, "Expected new connection id");
+  last_thread_id= mysql_thread_id(mysql);
+
+  mysql_kill(my, last_thread_id);
+
+  sleep(10);
+
+  rc= mysql_query(mysql, "SET @a:=3");
+  check_mysql_rc(rc, mysql);
+  FAIL_IF(mysql_thread_id(mysql) == last_thread_id, "Expected new connection id");
+  mysql_close(mysql);
+  return OK;
+}
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+static int test_conc760(MYSQL *my)
+{
+  MYSQL *mysql= mysql_init(NULL);
+  MYSQL_RES *result;
+  MYSQL_ROW row;
+  int rc;
+  my_bool reconnect= 1, verify= 0;
+  unsigned long last_thread_id= 0;
+  unsigned int protocol= MYSQL_PROTOCOL_PIPE;
+  my_bool have_named_pipe= 0;
+
+  SKIP_MAXSCALE;
+
+  rc= mysql_query(my, "select @@named_pipe");
+  check_mysql_rc(rc, mysql);
+
+  if ((result= mysql_store_result(my)))
+  {
+    if((row= mysql_fetch_row(result)))
+      have_named_pipe= atoi(row[0]);
+    mysql_free_result(result);
+  }
+
+  if (!have_named_pipe)
+  {
+    diag("Server doesn't support named pipes");
+    return SKIP;
+  }
+
+  mysql_options(mysql, MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT, &reconnect);
+  mysql_options(mysql, MYSQL_OPT_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT, &verify);
+  mysql_options(mysql, MYSQL_OPT_PROTOCOL, &protocol);
+
+  if (!my_test_connect(mysql, hostname, username,
+                       password, schema, port, socketname, CLIENT_REMEMBER_OPTIONS))
+  {
+    diag("error: %s", mysql_error(mysql));
+    return FAIL;
+  }
+
+  rc= mysql_query(mysql, "SET SESSION wait_timeout=5");
+  check_mysql_rc(rc, mysql);
+
   last_thread_id= mysql_thread_id(mysql);
   if ((rc= mysql_query(mysql, "SELECT 1")) || (result= mysql_store_result(mysql)) == NULL)
     check_mysql_rc(rc, mysql);
@@ -2029,9 +2094,10 @@ static int test_conc589(MYSQL *my)
   mysql_free_result(result);
   sleep(10);
 
-  if ((rc= mysql_query(mysql, "SELECT 2")) || (result= mysql_store_result(mysql)) == NULL)
-    check_mysql_rc(rc, mysql);
-  mysql_free_result(result);
+  rc= mysql_query(mysql, "SELECT 2");
+  check_mysql_rc(rc, mysql);
+  if (result= mysql_store_result(mysql))
+    mysql_free_result(result);
   FAIL_IF(mysql_thread_id(mysql) == last_thread_id, "Expected new connection id");
   last_thread_id= mysql_thread_id(mysql);
 
@@ -2046,8 +2112,12 @@ static int test_conc589(MYSQL *my)
   mysql_close(mysql);
   return OK;
 }
+#endif
 
 struct my_tests_st my_tests[] = {
+#ifdef WIN32
+  {"test_conc760", test_conc760, TEST_CONNECTION_DEFAULT, 0, NULL, NULL},
+#endif
   {"test_conc589", test_conc589, TEST_CONNECTION_DEFAULT, 0, NULL, NULL},
 #ifdef HAVE_test_conc748
   {"test_conc748", test_conc748, TEST_CONNECTION_NONE, 0, NULL, NULL},