1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
index 9973fcaf..82762b1a 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ sub new ($$$) {
          my $ev = EPOLLIN;
          my $wbuf;
          if (ref($sock) eq 'IO::Socket::SSL' && !$sock->accept_SSL) {
-                $ev = PublicInbox::TLS::epollbit() or return CORE::close($sock);
+                return CORE::close($sock) if $! != EAGAIN;
+                $ev = PublicInbox::TLS::epollbit();
                  $wbuf = [ \&PublicInbox::DS::accept_tls_step, \&greet ];
          }
          $self->SUPER::new($sock, $ev | EPOLLONESHOT);