diff --git a/packages/transport-circuit-relay-v2/src/transport/transport.ts b/packages/transport-circuit-relay-v2/src/transport/transport.ts
index cc1978276b..e4cfdca724 100644
--- a/packages/transport-circuit-relay-v2/src/transport/transport.ts
+++ b/packages/transport-circuit-relay-v2/src/transport/transport.ts
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ export class CircuitRelayTransport implements Transport {
 
       this.log('new outbound transient connection %a', maConn.remoteAddr)
       return await this.upgrader.upgradeOutbound(maConn, {
-        transient: true
+        transient: status.limit !== undefined
       })
     } catch (err: any) {
       this.log.error(`Circuit relay dial to destination ${destinationPeer.toString()} via relay ${connection.remotePeer.toString()} failed`, err)
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ export class CircuitRelayTransport implements Transport {
 
     this.log('new inbound transient connection %a', maConn.remoteAddr)
     await this.upgrader.upgradeInbound(maConn, {
-      transient: true
+      transient: request.limit !== undefined
     })
     this.log('%s connection %a upgraded', 'inbound', maConn.remoteAddr)
   }
diff --git a/packages/transport-circuit-relay-v2/test/stop.spec.ts b/packages/transport-circuit-relay-v2/test/stop.spec.ts
index 57a9926754..a068202a34 100644
--- a/packages/transport-circuit-relay-v2/test/stop.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/transport-circuit-relay-v2/test/stop.spec.ts
@@ -194,4 +194,32 @@ describe('circuit-relay stop protocol', function () {
       'did not dial relay we did not have a reservation on'
     )
   })
+
+  it('Should not be a transient connection if the relay has no limit', async () => {
+    const remotePeer = await createEd25519PeerId()
+    const remoteAddr = multiaddr(`/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/4001/p2p/${remotePeer}`)
+
+    transport.reservationStore.hasReservation = Sinon.stub().returns(false)
+    const connection = stubInterface<Connection>({
+      remotePeer,
+      remoteAddr
+    })
+
+    components.transportManager.listen.returns(Promise.resolve())
+
+    void transport.onStop({
+      connection,
+      stream: remoteStream
+    })
+
+    await pbstr.write({
+      type: StopMessage.Type.CONNECT,
+      peer: {
+        id: sourcePeer.toBytes(),
+        addrs: []
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(connection.transient).to.be.false()
+  })
 })