diff --git a/change/react-native-windows-2020-04-09-21-13-41-wsrc_openfails_nochangestate.json b/change/react-native-windows-2020-04-09-21-13-41-wsrc_openfails_nochangestate.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4123444e262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/react-native-windows-2020-04-09-21-13-41-wsrc_openfails_nochangestate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "Don't set readyState on connection error",
+  "packageName": "react-native-windows",
+  "email": "julio@rochsquadron.net",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch",
+  "date": "2020-04-10T04:13:41.955Z"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vnext/ReactWindowsCore/WinRTWebSocketResource.cpp b/vnext/ReactWindowsCore/WinRTWebSocketResource.cpp
index 7b65cd11ba0..8f31431cd42 100644
--- a/vnext/ReactWindowsCore/WinRTWebSocketResource.cpp
+++ b/vnext/ReactWindowsCore/WinRTWebSocketResource.cpp
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ IAsyncAction WinRTWebSocketResource::PerformConnect()
   }
   catch (hresult_error const& e)
   {
-    self->m_readyState = ReadyState::Closed;
     if (self->m_errorHandler)
     {
       self->m_errorHandler({ Utf16ToUtf8(e.message()), ErrorType::Connection });