diff --git a/internal/testutils/blocking_context_dialer.go b/internal/testutils/blocking_context_dialer.go
index 32dfabf36..f99a1a87d 100644
--- a/internal/testutils/blocking_context_dialer.go
+++ b/internal/testutils/blocking_context_dialer.go
@@ -127,3 +127,13 @@ func (h *Hold) Fail(err error) {
 	h.blockCh <- err
 	close(h.blockCh)
 }
+
+// IsStarted returns true if this hold has received a connection attempt.
+func (h *Hold) IsStarted() bool {
+	select {
+	case <-h.waitCh:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/testutils/blocking_context_dialer_test.go b/internal/testutils/blocking_context_dialer_test.go
index d2b595414..eb5d418d4 100644
--- a/internal/testutils/blocking_context_dialer_test.go
+++ b/internal/testutils/blocking_context_dialer_test.go
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ func (s) TestBlockingDialer_HoldWaitResume(t *testing.T) {
 	d := NewBlockingDialer()
 	h := d.Hold(lis.Addr().String())
 
+	if h.IsStarted() {
+		t.Fatalf("hold.IsStarted() = true, want false")
+	}
+
 	done := make(chan struct{})
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), testTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
@@ -69,6 +73,10 @@ func (s) TestBlockingDialer_HoldWaitResume(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("BlockingDialer.DialContext() got error: %v, want success", err)
 			return
 		}
+
+		if !h.IsStarted() {
+			t.Errorf("hold.IsStarted() = false, want true")
+		}
 		conn.Close()
 	}()
 
@@ -76,6 +84,11 @@ func (s) TestBlockingDialer_HoldWaitResume(t *testing.T) {
 	if !h.Wait(ctx) {
 		t.Fatalf("Timeout while waiting for a connection attempt to %q", h.addr)
 	}
+
+	if !h.IsStarted() {
+		t.Errorf("hold.IsStarted() = false, want true")
+	}
+
 	select {
 	case <-done:
 		t.Fatalf("Expected dialer to be blocked.")
diff --git a/xds/internal/balancer/ringhash/e2e/ringhash_balancer_test.go b/xds/internal/balancer/ringhash/e2e/ringhash_balancer_test.go
index c317cb2f1..2b98ee5ad 100644
--- a/xds/internal/balancer/ringhash/e2e/ringhash_balancer_test.go
+++ b/xds/internal/balancer/ringhash/e2e/ringhash_balancer_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package ringhash_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"math/rand"
@@ -1566,3 +1567,443 @@ func (s) TestRingHash_ReattemptWhenGoingFromTransientFailureToIdle(t *testing.T)
 		t.Errorf("conn.GetState(): got %v, want %v", got, want)
 	}
 }
+
+// Tests that when all backends are down and then up, we may pick a TF backend
+// and we will then jump to ready backend.
+func (s) TestRingHash_TransientFailureSkipToAvailableReady(t *testing.T) {
+	emptyCallF := func(ctx context.Context, in *testpb.Empty) (*testpb.Empty, error) {
+		return &testpb.Empty{}, nil
+	}
+	lis, err := testutils.LocalTCPListener()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create listener: %v", err)
+	}
+	restartableListener1 := testutils.NewRestartableListener(lis)
+	restartableServer1 := stubserver.StartTestService(t, &stubserver.StubServer{
+		Listener:   restartableListener1,
+		EmptyCallF: emptyCallF,
+	})
+	defer restartableServer1.Stop()
+
+	lis, err = testutils.LocalTCPListener()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create listener: %v", err)
+	}
+	restartableListener2 := testutils.NewRestartableListener(lis)
+	restartableServer2 := stubserver.StartTestService(t, &stubserver.StubServer{
+		Listener:   restartableListener2,
+		EmptyCallF: emptyCallF,
+	})
+	defer restartableServer2.Stop()
+
+	nonExistantBackends := makeNonExistentBackends(t, 2)
+
+	const clusterName = "cluster"
+	backends := []string{restartableServer1.Address, restartableServer2.Address}
+	backends = append(backends, nonExistantBackends...)
+	endpoints := endpointResource(t, clusterName, backends)
+	cluster := e2e.ClusterResourceWithOptions(e2e.ClusterOptions{
+		ClusterName: clusterName,
+		ServiceName: clusterName,
+		Policy:      e2e.LoadBalancingPolicyRingHash,
+	})
+	route := headerHashRoute("new_route", virtualHostName, clusterName, "address_hash")
+	listener := e2e.DefaultClientListener(virtualHostName, route.Name)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), defaultTestTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	xdsServer, nodeID, xdsResolver := setupManagementServerAndResolver(t)
+	if err := xdsServer.Update(ctx, xdsUpdateOpts(nodeID, endpoints, cluster, route, listener)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to update xDS resources: %v", err)
+	}
+	opts := []grpc.DialOption{
+		grpc.WithConnectParams(grpc.ConnectParams{
+			// Disable backoff to speed up the test.
+			MinConnectTimeout: 100 * time.Millisecond,
+		}),
+		grpc.WithResolvers(xdsResolver),
+		grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()),
+	}
+	conn, err := grpc.NewClient("xds:///test.server", opts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create client: %s", err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+	client := testgrpc.NewTestServiceClient(conn)
+
+	testutils.AwaitState(ctx, t, conn, connectivity.Idle)
+
+	// Test starts with backends not listening.
+	restartableListener1.Stop()
+	restartableListener2.Stop()
+
+	// Send a request with a hash that should go to restartableServer1.
+	// Because it is not accepting connections, and no other backend is
+	// listening, the RPC fails.
+	ctx = metadata.NewOutgoingContext(ctx, metadata.Pairs("address_hash", restartableServer1.Address+"_0"))
+	if _, err = client.EmptyCall(ctx, &testpb.Empty{}); err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("rpc EmptyCall() succeeded, want error")
+	}
+
+	testutils.AwaitState(ctx, t, conn, connectivity.TransientFailure)
+
+	// Bring up first backend. The channel should become Ready without any
+	// picks, because in TF, we are always trying to connect to at least one
+	// backend at all times.
+	restartableListener1.Restart()
+	testutils.AwaitState(ctx, t, conn, connectivity.Ready)
+
+	// Bring down backend 1 and bring up backend 2.
+	// Note the RPC contains a header value that will always be hashed to
+	// backend 1. So by purposely bringing down backend 1 and bringing up
+	// another backend, this will ensure Picker's first choice of backend 1
+	// fails and it will go through the remaining subchannels to find one in
+	// READY. Since the entries in the ring are pretty distributed and we have
+	// unused ports to fill the ring, it is almost guaranteed that the Picker
+	// will go through some non-READY entries and skip them as per design.
+	t.Logf("bringing down backend 1")
+	restartableListener1.Stop()
+
+	testutils.AwaitState(ctx, t, conn, connectivity.TransientFailure)
+	if _, err = client.EmptyCall(ctx, &testpb.Empty{}); err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("rpc EmptyCall() succeeded, want error")
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("bringing up backend 2")
+	restartableListener2.Restart()
+	testutils.AwaitState(ctx, t, conn, connectivity.Ready)
+
+	wantPeerAddr := ""
+	for wantPeerAddr != restartableServer2.Address {
+		p := peer.Peer{}
+		if _, err := client.EmptyCall(ctx, &testpb.Empty{}, grpc.Peer(&p)); errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
+			t.Fatalf("Timed out waiting for rpc EmptyCall() to be routed to the expected backend")
+		}
+		wantPeerAddr = p.Addr.String()
+	}
+}
+
+// Tests that when all backends are down, we keep reattempting.
+func (s) TestRingHash_ReattemptWhenAllEndpointsUnreachable(t *testing.T) {
+	lis, err := testutils.LocalTCPListener()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create listener: %v", err)
+	}
+	restartableListener := testutils.NewRestartableListener(lis)
+	restartableServer := stubserver.StartTestService(t, &stubserver.StubServer{
+		Listener: restartableListener,
+		EmptyCallF: func(ctx context.Context, in *testpb.Empty) (*testpb.Empty, error) {
+			return &testpb.Empty{}, nil
+		},
+	})
+	defer restartableServer.Stop()
+
+	const clusterName = "cluster"
+	endpoints := endpointResource(t, clusterName, []string{restartableServer.Address})
+	cluster := e2e.ClusterResourceWithOptions(e2e.ClusterOptions{
+		ClusterName: clusterName,
+		ServiceName: clusterName,
+		Policy:      e2e.LoadBalancingPolicyRingHash,
+	})
+	route := headerHashRoute("new_route", virtualHostName, clusterName, "address_hash")
+	listener := e2e.DefaultClientListener(virtualHostName, route.Name)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), defaultTestTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	xdsServer, nodeID, xdsResolver := setupManagementServerAndResolver(t)
+	if err := xdsServer.Update(ctx, xdsUpdateOpts(nodeID, endpoints, cluster, route, listener)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to update xDS resources: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	dopts := []grpc.DialOption{
+		grpc.WithResolvers(xdsResolver),
+		grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()),
+		grpc.WithConnectParams(fastConnectParams),
+	}
+	conn, err := grpc.NewClient("xds:///test.server", dopts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create client: %s", err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+	client := testgrpc.NewTestServiceClient(conn)
+
+	testutils.AwaitState(ctx, t, conn, connectivity.Idle)
+
+	t.Log("Stopping the backend server")
+	restartableListener.Stop()
+
+	if _, err = client.EmptyCall(ctx, &testpb.Empty{}); status.Code(err) != codes.Unavailable {
+		t.Fatalf("rpc EmptyCall() succeeded, want Unavailable error")
+	}
+
+	// Wait for channel to fail.
+	testutils.AwaitState(ctx, t, conn, connectivity.TransientFailure)
+
+	t.Log("Restarting the backend server")
+	restartableListener.Restart()
+
+	// Wait for channel to become connected without any pending RPC.
+	testutils.AwaitState(ctx, t, conn, connectivity.Ready)
+}
+
+// Tests that when a backend goes down, we will move on to the next subchannel
+// (with a lower priority).  When the backend comes back up, traffic will move
+// back.
+func (s) TestRingHash_SwitchToLowerPriorityAndThenBack(t *testing.T) {
+	lis, err := testutils.LocalTCPListener()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create listener: %v", err)
+	}
+	restartableListener := testutils.NewRestartableListener(lis)
+	restartableServer := stubserver.StartTestService(t, &stubserver.StubServer{
+		Listener: restartableListener,
+		EmptyCallF: func(ctx context.Context, in *testpb.Empty) (*testpb.Empty, error) {
+			return &testpb.Empty{}, nil
+		},
+	})
+	defer restartableServer.Stop()
+
+	otherBackend := startTestServiceBackends(t, 1)[0]
+
+	// We must set the host name socket address in EDS, as the ring hash policy
+	// uses it to construct the ring.
+	host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(otherBackend)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to split host and port from stubserver: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	const clusterName = "cluster"
+	endpoints := e2e.EndpointResourceWithOptions(e2e.EndpointOptions{
+		ClusterName: clusterName,
+		Host:        host,
+		Localities: []e2e.LocalityOptions{{
+			Backends: backendOptions(t, []string{restartableServer.Address}),
+			Weight:   1,
+		}, {
+			Backends: backendOptions(t, []string{otherBackend}),
+			Weight:   1,
+			Priority: 1,
+		}}})
+	cluster := e2e.ClusterResourceWithOptions(e2e.ClusterOptions{
+		ClusterName: clusterName,
+		ServiceName: clusterName,
+		Policy:      e2e.LoadBalancingPolicyRingHash,
+	})
+	route := headerHashRoute("new_route", virtualHostName, clusterName, "address_hash")
+	listener := e2e.DefaultClientListener(virtualHostName, route.Name)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), defaultTestTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	xdsServer, nodeID, xdsResolver := setupManagementServerAndResolver(t)
+	if err := xdsServer.Update(ctx, xdsUpdateOpts(nodeID, endpoints, cluster, route, listener)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to update xDS resources: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	dopts := []grpc.DialOption{
+		grpc.WithResolvers(xdsResolver),
+		grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()),
+		grpc.WithConnectParams(fastConnectParams),
+	}
+	conn, err := grpc.NewClient("xds:///test.server", dopts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create client: %s", err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+	client := testgrpc.NewTestServiceClient(conn)
+
+	// Note each type of RPC contains a header value that will always be hashed
+	// to the value that was used to place the non-existent endpoint on the ring.
+	ctx = metadata.NewOutgoingContext(ctx, metadata.Pairs("address_hash", restartableServer.Address+"_0"))
+	var got string
+	for got = range checkRPCSendOK(ctx, t, client, 1) {
+	}
+	if want := restartableServer.Address; got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("Got RPC routed to addr %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+
+	// Trigger failure with the existing backend, which should cause the
+	// balancer to go in transient failure and the priority balancer to move
+	// to the lower priority.
+	restartableListener.Stop()
+
+	for {
+		p := peer.Peer{}
+		_, err = client.EmptyCall(ctx, &testpb.Empty{}, grpc.WaitForReady(true), grpc.Peer(&p))
+
+		// Ignore errors: we may need to attempt to send an RPC to detect the
+		// failure (the next write on connection fails).
+		if err == nil {
+			if got, want := p.Addr.String(), otherBackend; got != want {
+				t.Fatalf("Got RPC routed to addr %v, want %v", got, want)
+			}
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Now we start the backend with the address hash that is used in the
+	// metadata, so eventually RPCs should be routed to it, since it is in a
+	// locality with higher priority.
+	peerAddr := ""
+	restartableListener.Restart()
+	for peerAddr != restartableServer.Address {
+		p := peer.Peer{}
+		_, err := client.EmptyCall(ctx, &testpb.Empty{}, grpc.Peer(&p))
+		if errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
+			t.Fatalf("Timed out waiting for rpc EmptyCall() to be routed to the expected backend")
+		}
+		peerAddr = p.Addr.String()
+	}
+}
+
+// Tests that when we trigger internal connection attempts without picks, we do
+// so for only one subchannel at a time.
+func (s) TestRingHash_ContinuesConnectingWithoutPicksOneSubchannelAtATime(t *testing.T) {
+	backends := startTestServiceBackends(t, 1)
+	nonExistantBackends := makeNonExistentBackends(t, 3)
+
+	const clusterName = "cluster"
+
+	endpoints := endpointResource(t, clusterName, append(nonExistantBackends, backends...))
+	cluster := e2e.ClusterResourceWithOptions(e2e.ClusterOptions{
+		ClusterName: clusterName,
+		ServiceName: clusterName,
+		Policy:      e2e.LoadBalancingPolicyRingHash,
+	})
+	route := headerHashRoute("new_route", virtualHostName, clusterName, "address_hash")
+	listener := e2e.DefaultClientListener(virtualHostName, route.Name)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), defaultTestTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	xdsServer, nodeID, xdsResolver := setupManagementServerAndResolver(t)
+	if err := xdsServer.Update(ctx, xdsUpdateOpts(nodeID, endpoints, cluster, route, listener)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to update xDS resources: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	dialer := testutils.NewBlockingDialer()
+	dialOpts := []grpc.DialOption{
+		grpc.WithResolvers(xdsResolver),
+		grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()),
+		grpc.WithContextDialer(dialer.DialContext),
+		grpc.WithConnectParams(fastConnectParams),
+	}
+	conn, err := grpc.NewClient("xds:///test.server", dialOpts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create client: %s", err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+	client := testgrpc.NewTestServiceClient(conn)
+
+	holdNonExistant0 := dialer.Hold(nonExistantBackends[0])
+	holdNonExistant1 := dialer.Hold(nonExistantBackends[1])
+	holdNonExistant2 := dialer.Hold(nonExistantBackends[2])
+	holdGood := dialer.Hold(backends[0])
+
+	rpcCtx, rpcCancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	errCh := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		rpcCtx = metadata.NewOutgoingContext(rpcCtx, metadata.Pairs("address_hash", nonExistantBackends[0]+"_0"))
+		_, err := client.EmptyCall(rpcCtx, &testpb.Empty{})
+		if status.Code(err) == codes.Canceled {
+			errCh <- nil
+			return
+		}
+		errCh <- err
+	}()
+
+	// Wait for the RPC to trigger a connection attempt to the first address,
+	// then cancel the RPC.  No other connection attempts should be started yet.
+	if !holdNonExistant0.Wait(ctx) {
+		t.Fatalf("Timeout waiting for connection attempt to backend 0")
+	}
+	rpcCancel()
+	if err := <-errCh; err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected RPC to fail be canceled, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Since the connection attempt to the first address is still blocked, no
+	// other connection attempts should be started yet.
+	if holdNonExistant1.IsStarted() {
+		t.Errorf("Got connection attempt to backend 1, expected no connection attempt.")
+	}
+	if holdNonExistant2.IsStarted() {
+		t.Errorf("Got connection attempt to backend 2, expected no connection attempt.")
+	}
+	if holdGood.IsStarted() {
+		t.Errorf("Got connection attempt to good backend, expected no connection attempt.")
+	}
+
+	// Allow the connection attempt to the first address to resume and wait for
+	// the attempt for the second address. No other connection attempts should
+	// be started yet.
+	holdNonExistant0Again := dialer.Hold(nonExistantBackends[0])
+	holdNonExistant0.Resume()
+	if !holdNonExistant1.Wait(ctx) {
+		t.Fatalf("Timeout waiting for connection attempt to backend 1")
+	}
+	if holdNonExistant0Again.IsStarted() {
+		t.Errorf("Got connection attempt to backend 0 again, expected no connection attempt.")
+	}
+	if holdNonExistant2.IsStarted() {
+		t.Errorf("Got connection attempt to backend 2, expected no connection attempt.")
+	}
+	if holdGood.IsStarted() {
+		t.Errorf("Got connection attempt to good backend, expected no connection attempt.")
+	}
+
+	// Allow the connection attempt to the second address to resume and wait for
+	// the attempt for the third address.  No other connection attempts should
+	// be started yet.
+	holdNonExistant1Again := dialer.Hold(nonExistantBackends[1])
+	holdNonExistant1.Resume()
+	if !holdNonExistant2.Wait(ctx) {
+		t.Fatalf("Timeout waiting for connection attempt to backend 2")
+	}
+	if holdNonExistant0Again.IsStarted() {
+		t.Errorf("Got connection attempt to backend 0 again, expected no connection attempt.")
+	}
+	if holdNonExistant1Again.IsStarted() {
+		t.Errorf("Got connection attempt to backend 1 again, expected no connection attempt.")
+	}
+	if holdGood.IsStarted() {
+		t.Errorf("Got connection attempt to good backend, expected no connection attempt.")
+	}
+
+	// Allow the connection attempt to the third address to resume and wait
+	// for the attempt for the final address. No other connection attempts
+	// should be started yet.
+	holdNonExistant2Again := dialer.Hold(nonExistantBackends[2])
+	holdNonExistant2.Resume()
+	if !holdGood.Wait(ctx) {
+		t.Fatalf("Timeout waiting for connection attempt to good backend")
+	}
+	if holdNonExistant0Again.IsStarted() {
+		t.Errorf("Got connection attempt to backend 0 again, expected no connection attempt.")
+	}
+	if holdNonExistant1Again.IsStarted() {
+		t.Errorf("Got connection attempt to backend 1 again, expected no connection attempt.")
+	}
+	if holdNonExistant2Again.IsStarted() {
+		t.Errorf("Got connection attempt to backend 2 again, expected no connection attempt.")
+	}
+
+	// Allow the final attempt to resume.
+	holdGood.Resume()
+
+	// Wait for channel to become connected without any pending RPC.
+	testutils.AwaitState(ctx, t, conn, connectivity.Ready)
+
+	// No other connection attempts should have been started
+	if holdNonExistant0Again.IsStarted() {
+		t.Errorf("Got connection attempt to backend 0 again, expected no connection attempt.")
+	}
+	if holdNonExistant1Again.IsStarted() {
+		t.Errorf("Got connection attempt to backend 1 again, expected no connection attempt.")
+	}
+	if holdNonExistant2Again.IsStarted() {
+		t.Errorf("Got connection attempt to backend 2 again, expected no connection attempt.")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/xds/internal/balancer/ringhash/picker.go b/xds/internal/balancer/ringhash/picker.go
index b450716fa..5ce72cade 100644
--- a/xds/internal/balancer/ringhash/picker.go
+++ b/xds/internal/balancer/ringhash/picker.go
@@ -159,28 +159,3 @@ func nextSkippingDuplicates(ring *ring, entry *ringEntry) *ringEntry {
 	// There's no qualifying next entry.
 	return nil
 }
-
-// nextSkippingDuplicatesSubConn finds the next subconn in the ring, that's
-// different from the given subconn.
-func nextSkippingDuplicatesSubConn(ring *ring, sc *subConn) *subConn {
-	var entry *ringEntry
-	for _, it := range ring.items {
-		if it.sc == sc {
-			entry = it
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	if entry == nil {
-		// If the given subconn is not in the ring (e.g. it was deleted), return
-		// the first one.
-		if len(ring.items) > 0 {
-			return ring.items[0].sc
-		}
-		return nil
-	}
-	ee := nextSkippingDuplicates(ring, entry)
-	if ee == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return ee.sc
-}
diff --git a/xds/internal/balancer/ringhash/ringhash.go b/xds/internal/balancer/ringhash/ringhash.go
index e63c6f653..8cc7fd534 100644
--- a/xds/internal/balancer/ringhash/ringhash.go
+++ b/xds/internal/balancer/ringhash/ringhash.go
@@ -46,10 +46,11 @@ type bb struct{}
 
 func (bb) Build(cc balancer.ClientConn, bOpts balancer.BuildOptions) balancer.Balancer {
 	b := &ringhashBalancer{
-		cc:       cc,
-		subConns: resolver.NewAddressMap(),
-		scStates: make(map[balancer.SubConn]*subConn),
-		csEvltr:  &connectivityStateEvaluator{},
+		cc:              cc,
+		subConns:        resolver.NewAddressMap(),
+		scStates:        make(map[balancer.SubConn]*subConn),
+		csEvltr:         &connectivityStateEvaluator{},
+		orderedSubConns: make([]*subConn, 0),
 	}
 	b.logger = prefixLogger(b)
 	b.logger.Infof("Created")
@@ -197,6 +198,14 @@ type ringhashBalancer struct {
 
 	resolverErr error // the last error reported by the resolver; cleared on successful resolution
 	connErr     error // the last connection error; cleared upon leaving TransientFailure
+
+	// orderedSubConns contains the list of subconns in the order that addresses
+	// appear from the resolver. Together with lastInternallyTriggeredSCIndex,
+	// this allows triggering connection attempts to all SubConns independently
+	// of the order they appear on the ring. Always in sync with ring and
+	// subConns. The index is reset when addresses change.
+	orderedSubConns                []*subConn
+	lastInternallyTriggeredSCIndex int
 }
 
 // updateAddresses creates new SubConns and removes SubConns, based on the
@@ -214,6 +223,9 @@ func (b *ringhashBalancer) updateAddresses(addrs []resolver.Address) bool {
 	var addrsUpdated bool
 	// addrsSet is the set converted from addrs, used for quick lookup.
 	addrsSet := resolver.NewAddressMap()
+
+	b.orderedSubConns = b.orderedSubConns[:0] // reuse the underlying array.
+
 	for _, addr := range addrs {
 		addrsSet.Set(addr, true)
 		newWeight := getWeightAttribute(addr)
@@ -234,6 +246,7 @@ func (b *ringhashBalancer) updateAddresses(addrs []resolver.Address) bool {
 			b.state = b.csEvltr.recordTransition(connectivity.Shutdown, connectivity.Idle)
 			b.subConns.Set(addr, scs)
 			b.scStates[sc] = scs
+			b.orderedSubConns = append(b.orderedSubConns, scs)
 			addrsUpdated = true
 		} else {
 			// We have seen this address before and created a subConn for it. If the
@@ -244,6 +257,7 @@ func (b *ringhashBalancer) updateAddresses(addrs []resolver.Address) bool {
 			// since *only* the weight attribute has changed, and that does not affect
 			// subConn uniqueness.
 			scInfo := val.(*subConn)
+			b.orderedSubConns = append(b.orderedSubConns, scInfo)
 			if oldWeight := scInfo.weight; oldWeight != newWeight {
 				scInfo.weight = newWeight
 				b.subConns.Set(addr, scInfo)
@@ -264,6 +278,9 @@ func (b *ringhashBalancer) updateAddresses(addrs []resolver.Address) bool {
 			// The entry will be deleted in updateSubConnState.
 		}
 	}
+	if addrsUpdated {
+		b.lastInternallyTriggeredSCIndex = 0
+	}
 	return addrsUpdated
 }
 
@@ -399,19 +416,11 @@ func (b *ringhashBalancer) updateSubConnState(sc balancer.SubConn, state balance
 				return
 			}
 		}
-		// Trigger a SubConn (this updated SubConn's next SubConn in the ring)
-		// to connect if nobody is attempting to connect.
-		sc := nextSkippingDuplicatesSubConn(b.ring, scs)
-		if sc != nil {
-			sc.queueConnect()
-			return
-		}
-		// This handles the edge case where we have a single subConn in the
-		// ring. nextSkippingDuplicatesSubCon() would have returned nil. We
-		// still need to ensure that some subConn is attempting to connect, in
-		// order to give the LB policy a chance to move out of
-		// TRANSIENT_FAILURE. Hence, we try connecting on the current subConn.
-		scs.queueConnect()
+
+		// Trigger a SubConn (the next in the order addresses appear in the
+		// resolver) to connect if nobody is attempting to connect.
+		b.lastInternallyTriggeredSCIndex = (b.lastInternallyTriggeredSCIndex + 1) % len(b.orderedSubConns)
+		b.orderedSubConns[b.lastInternallyTriggeredSCIndex].queueConnect()
 	}
 }