diff -uNr ipmitool-1.8.17/lib/ipmi_sol.c ipmitool-1.8.17-solactivate/lib/ipmi_sol.c
--- ipmitool-1.8.17/lib/ipmi_sol.c	2016-05-06 10:48:54.000000000 -0400
+++ ipmitool-1.8.17-solactivate/lib/ipmi_sol.c	2016-09-27 13:55:08.091124971 -0400
@@ -1652,6 +1652,9 @@
 				{
 					output(rs);
 				}
+                                else {
+                                        bShouldExit = bBmcClosedSession = 1;
+                                }
 				/*
 				 * Should recv_sol come back null, the incoming packet was not ours.
 				 * Just fall through, the keepalive logic will determine if