diff --git a/AFNetworking/AFNetworkReachabilityManager.m b/AFNetworking/AFNetworkReachabilityManager.m
index 3b29701..fcd83bb 100644
--- a/AFNetworking/AFNetworkReachabilityManager.m
+++ b/AFNetworking/AFNetworkReachabilityManager.m
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ NSString * AFStringFromNetworkReachabilityStatus(AFNetworkReachabilityStatus sta
 
 static AFNetworkReachabilityStatus AFNetworkReachabilityStatusForFlags(SCNetworkReachabilityFlags flags) {
     BOOL isReachable = ((flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsReachable) != 0);
-    BOOL canConnectionAutomatically = ((flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsTransientConnection) != 0) || ((flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsConnectionOnDemand ) != 0) || ((flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsConnectionOnTraffic) != 0);
+    BOOL needsConnection = ((flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsConnectionRequired) != 0);
+    BOOL canConnectionAutomatically = (((flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsConnectionOnDemand ) != 0) || ((flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsConnectionOnTraffic) != 0));
     BOOL canConnectWithoutUserInteraction = (canConnectionAutomatically && (flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsInterventionRequired) == 0);
-    BOOL isNetworkReachable = (isReachable && canConnectWithoutUserInteraction);
+    BOOL isNetworkReachable = (isReachable && (!needsConnection || canConnectWithoutUserInteraction));
 
     AFNetworkReachabilityStatus status = AFNetworkReachabilityStatusUnknown;
     if (isNetworkReachable == NO) {