@@ -392,7 +392,10 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):

             become_error=False, become_nopasswd_error=False

         )

-        timeout = self._play_context.timeout

+        # select timeout should be longer than the connect timeout, otherwise

+        # they will race each other when we can't connect, and the connect

+        # timeout usually fails

+        timeout = 2 + self._play_context.timeout

         rpipes = [p.stdout, p.stderr]

         for fd in rpipes:

             fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_SETFL, fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_GETFL) | os.O_NONBLOCK)