diff --git a/src/socket.js.c b/src/socket.js.c
index a520d1a1..6cccccf1 100644
--- a/src/socket.js.c
+++ b/src/socket.js.c
@@ -899,8 +899,7 @@ int _socket_writeInternal(socket_t* socket, promiseid_t promise, const char* dat
 {
 	if (!socket->_socket.data)
 	{
-		tf_task_reject_promise(socket->_task, promise, JS_ThrowInternalError(tf_task_get_context(socket->_task), "uv_write: %s", "not connected"));
-		return -1;
+		return UV_ENOTCONN;
 	}
 
 	char* rawBuffer = tf_malloc(sizeof(uv_write_t) + length);
@@ -917,7 +916,6 @@ int _socket_writeInternal(socket_t* socket, promiseid_t promise, const char* dat
 	int result = uv_write(request, (uv_stream_t*)&socket->_socket, &buffer, 1, _socket_onWrite);
 	if (result != 0)
 	{
-		tf_task_reject_promise(socket->_task, promise, JS_ThrowInternalError(tf_task_get_context(socket->_task), "uv_write: %s", uv_strerror(result)));
 		tf_free(rawBuffer);
 	}
 	return result;