diff --git a/pymodbus/client/base.py b/pymodbus/client/base.py
index 26d7871b87..9675a6afa8 100644
--- a/pymodbus/client/base.py
+++ b/pymodbus/client/base.py
@@ -78,10 +78,8 @@ def register(self, custom_response_class: ModbusResponse) -> None:
 
     def close(self, reconnect: bool = False) -> None:
         """Close connection."""
-        if reconnect:
-            self.ctx.connection_lost(asyncio.TimeoutError("Server not responding"))
-        else:
-            self.ctx.close()
+        print("Reconnect " + str(reconnect))
+        self.ctx.close()
 
     def idle_time(self) -> float:
         """Time before initiating next transaction (call **sync**).
@@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ async def async_execute(self, request) -> ModbusResponse:
                 except asyncio.exceptions.TimeoutError:
                     count += 1
         if count > self.retries:
-            self.close(reconnect=True)
+            self.ctx.connection_lost(asyncio.TimeoutError("Server not responding"))
             raise ModbusIOException(
                 f"ERROR: No response received after {self.retries} retries"
             )