diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/93_FHEM2FHEM.pm b/fhem/FHEM/93_FHEM2FHEM.pm
index 0b9361d29..ce4a3d0a1 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/93_FHEM2FHEM.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/93_FHEM2FHEM.pm
@@ -381,8 +381,9 @@ FHEM2FHEM_Set($@)
     FHEM2FHEM_CloseDev($hash);
     FHEM2FHEM_OpenDev($hash, 0);
   }
+
   if($a[1] eq "cmd") {
-    return "Not connected" if($hash->{STATE} ne "connected");
+    return "Not connected" if(!$hash->{TCPDev});
     my $cmd = join(" ",@a[2..$#a]);
     $cmd = '{my $r=fhem("'.$cmd.'");; defined($r) ? "\\0$r\\0" : $r}'."\n";
     syswrite($hash->{TCPDev}, $cmd);