From 7ac1e469b72fd7874ecfb1fe7867cc2c81cd2924 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Looman <steven.looman@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 10:58:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Set password after connecting. Fixes #8983 (#9039)

---
 homeassistant/components/media_player/mpd.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/homeassistant/components/media_player/mpd.py b/homeassistant/components/media_player/mpd.py
index 793588a8d9f..55df1e367a4 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/media_player/mpd.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/media_player/mpd.py
@@ -79,14 +79,15 @@ class MpdDevice(MediaPlayerDevice):
         self._client = mpd.MPDClient()
         self._client.timeout = 5
         self._client.idletimeout = None
-        if password is not None:
-            self._client.password(password)
 
     def _connect(self):
         """Connect to MPD."""
         import mpd
         try:
             self._client.connect(self.server, self.port)
+
+            if self.password is not None:
+                self._client.password(self.password)
         except mpd.ConnectionError:
             return