diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/core/subsystems/AbstractConnectorService.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/core/subsystems/AbstractConnectorService.java
index d639436498f..a44b35db694 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/core/subsystems/AbstractConnectorService.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/core/subsystems/AbstractConnectorService.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2002, 2010 IBM Corporation and others. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 2013 IBM Corporation and others. All rights reserved.
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms
  * of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is
  * available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  * David McKnight (IBM) - [249222] [api] Access to communication listeners in AbstractConnectorService
  * David McKnight   (IBM)        - [272882] [api] Handle exceptions in IService.initService()
  * David Dykstal (IBM) - [321766] safely serialize connect and disconnect operations
+ * David McKnight (IBM) - [415088] potential dual connect on RSE restore when user expands filter
  ********************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.rse.core.subsystems;
 
@@ -496,10 +497,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractConnectorService extends RSEModelObject implements
 		long timeout = 120000; // two minute timeout, this is arbitrary but seems to be a good amount
 		UnsafeRunnableWithProgress runnable = new UnsafeRunnableWithProgress() {
 			public void run(IProgressMonitor monitor) throws Exception {
-				preConnect();
-				internalConnect(monitor);
-				initializeSubSystems(monitor);
-				postConnect();
+				if (!isConnected()){
+					preConnect();
+					internalConnect(monitor);
+					initializeSubSystems(monitor);
+					postConnect();
+				}
 			}
 		};
 		try {