diff --git a/kafka/client_async.py b/kafka/client_async.py
index 78ff1c118..69f91c0f0 100644
--- a/kafka/client_async.py
+++ b/kafka/client_async.py
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ def __init__(self, **configs):
         self._api_versions = None
         self._connecting = set()
         self._sending = set()
-        self._refresh_on_disconnects = True
 
         # Not currently used, but data is collected internally
         self._last_bootstrap = 0
@@ -382,7 +381,7 @@ def _conn_state_change(self, node_id, sock, conn):
                 elif self.cluster.is_bootstrap(node_id):
                     self._bootstrap_fails += 1
 
-                elif self._refresh_on_disconnects and not self._closed and not idle_disconnect:
+                elif conn.connect_failed() and not self._closed and not idle_disconnect:
                     log.warning("Node %s connection failed -- refreshing metadata", node_id)
                     self.cluster.request_update()
 
diff --git a/kafka/conn.py b/kafka/conn.py
index 2f8c2491c..247e88fd7 100644
--- a/kafka/conn.py
+++ b/kafka/conn.py
@@ -850,6 +850,10 @@ def disconnected(self):
         """Return True iff socket is closed"""
         return self.state is ConnectionStates.DISCONNECTED
 
+    def connect_failed(self):
+        """Return True iff connection attempt failed after attempting all dns records"""
+        return self.disconnected() and self.last_attempt >= 0 and len(self._gai) == 0
+
     def _reset_reconnect_backoff(self):
         self._failures = 0
         self._reconnect_backoff = self.config['reconnect_backoff_ms'] / 1000.0