diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/InfluxDBPersistenceService.java b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/InfluxDBPersistenceService.java
index b2f66ecf7ec91..45f31c3edac74 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/InfluxDBPersistenceService.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/InfluxDBPersistenceService.java
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ private void commit() {
             if (!influxDBRepository.write(points)) {
                 logger.warn("Re-queuing {} elements, failed to write batch.", points.size());
                 pointsQueue.addAll(points);
+                influxDBRepository.disconnect();
             } else {
                 logger.trace("Wrote {} elements to database", points.size());
             }
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/internal/influx2/InfluxDB2RepositoryImpl.java b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/internal/influx2/InfluxDB2RepositoryImpl.java
index 862ecf4c2ba31..77ef198009a2b 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/internal/influx2/InfluxDB2RepositoryImpl.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/internal/influx2/InfluxDB2RepositoryImpl.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import com.influxdb.client.InfluxDBClientOptions;
 import com.influxdb.client.QueryApi;
 import com.influxdb.client.WriteApi;
+import com.influxdb.client.domain.HealthCheck;
 import com.influxdb.client.domain.Ready;
 import com.influxdb.client.domain.WritePrecision;
 import com.influxdb.client.write.Point;
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ public InfluxDB2RepositoryImpl(InfluxDBConfiguration configuration,
 
     @Override
     public boolean isConnected() {
-        return client != null;
+        InfluxDBClient client = this.client;
+        return client != null && client.health().getStatus() == HealthCheck.StatusEnum.PASS;
     }
 
     @Override