diff --git a/polkadot/node/network/gossip-support/src/lib.rs b/polkadot/node/network/gossip-support/src/lib.rs
index df90914b6f..823835aa76 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/network/gossip-support/src/lib.rs
+++ b/polkadot/node/network/gossip-support/src/lib.rs
@@ -249,11 +249,15 @@ where
 					let mut connections = authorities_past_present_future(sender, leaf).await?;
 
 					// Remove all of our locally controlled validator indices so we don't connect to ourself.
-					// If we control none of them, don't issue connection requests - we're outside
-					// of the 'clique' of recent validators.
-					if remove_all_controlled(&self.keystore, &mut connections).await != 0 {
-						self.issue_connection_request(sender, connections).await;
-					}
+					let connections =
+						if remove_all_controlled(&self.keystore, &mut connections).await != 0 {
+							connections
+						} else {
+							// If we control none of them, issue an empty connection request
+							// to clean up all connections.
+							Vec::new()
+						};
+					self.issue_connection_request(sender, connections).await;
 				}
 
 				if is_new_session {
@@ -353,7 +357,7 @@ where
 
 		// issue another request for the same session
 		// if at least a third of the authorities were not resolved.
-		if 3 * failures >= num {
+		if num != 0 && 3 * failures >= num {
 			let timestamp = Instant::now();
 			match self.failure_start {
 				None => self.failure_start = Some(timestamp),
diff --git a/polkadot/node/network/gossip-support/src/tests.rs b/polkadot/node/network/gossip-support/src/tests.rs
index 831f0aa943..cde47e2ba9 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/network/gossip-support/src/tests.rs
+++ b/polkadot/node/network/gossip-support/src/tests.rs
@@ -475,6 +475,64 @@ fn issues_connection_request_to_past_present_future() {
 	});
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn disconnect_when_not_in_past_present_future() {
+	sp_tracing::try_init_simple();
+	let hash = Hash::repeat_byte(0xAA);
+	test_harness(make_subsystem(), |mut virtual_overseer| async move {
+		let overseer = &mut virtual_overseer;
+		overseer_signal_active_leaves(overseer, hash).await;
+		assert_matches!(
+			overseer_recv(overseer).await,
+			AllMessages::RuntimeApi(RuntimeApiMessage::Request(
+				relay_parent,
+				RuntimeApiRequest::SessionIndexForChild(tx),
+			)) => {
+				assert_eq!(relay_parent, hash);
+				tx.send(Ok(1)).unwrap();
+			}
+		);
+
+		assert_matches!(
+			overseer_recv(overseer).await,
+			AllMessages::RuntimeApi(RuntimeApiMessage::Request(
+				relay_parent,
+				RuntimeApiRequest::SessionInfo(s, tx),
+			)) => {
+				assert_eq!(relay_parent, hash);
+				assert_eq!(s, 1);
+				let mut heute_leider_nicht = make_session_info();
+				heute_leider_nicht.discovery_keys = AUTHORITIES_WITHOUT_US.clone();
+				tx.send(Ok(Some(heute_leider_nicht))).unwrap();
+			}
+		);
+
+		assert_matches!(
+			overseer_recv(overseer).await,
+			AllMessages::RuntimeApi(RuntimeApiMessage::Request(
+				relay_parent,
+				RuntimeApiRequest::Authorities(tx),
+			)) => {
+				assert_eq!(relay_parent, hash);
+				tx.send(Ok(AUTHORITIES_WITHOUT_US.clone())).unwrap();
+			}
+		);
+
+		assert_matches!(
+			overseer_recv(overseer).await,
+			AllMessages::NetworkBridgeTx(NetworkBridgeTxMessage::ConnectToResolvedValidators {
+				validator_addrs,
+				peer_set,
+			}) => {
+				assert!(validator_addrs.is_empty());
+				assert_eq!(peer_set, PeerSet::Validation);
+			}
+		);
+
+		virtual_overseer
+	});
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_log_output() {
 	sp_tracing::try_init_simple();