diff --git a/src/socketio/client.py b/src/socketio/client.py
index d7af407..68bcdda 100644
--- a/src/socketio/client.py
+++ b/src/socketio/client.py
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ class Client(base_client.BaseClient):
         while True:
             self.eio.wait()
             self.sleep(1)  # give the reconnect task time to start up
+            if self.eio.state != 'connected': # reconnect task finished while `self.sleep(1)` was executing
+                continue
             if not self._reconnect_task:
                 break
             self._reconnect_task.join()