The embodiment of the invention provides a method and device for obtaining the connection state of a terminal in a multi-connection scene, and the method comprises the steps that a network side transmits a request message to the terminal, and the terminal is connected with a plurality of base stations, wherein the request message is used for requesting a random access state of a preset base station, and the preset base station is a base station which is appointed by the network side and the terminal or is a base station specified in the request message; the network side receives a response message returned by the terminal for the request message, wherein the response message comprises a random access report among the preset base stations. The method can enable the network side to obtain the specific connection state information of the terminal.