diff --git a/src/aio/usock_posix.inc b/src/aio/usock_posix.inc
index cb90bccc3..e14a9e6a0 100644
--- a/src/aio/usock_posix.inc
+++ b/src/aio/usock_posix.inc
@@ -815,6 +815,9 @@ static void nn_usock_handler (struct nn_fsm *self, int src, int type,
                 errnum_assert (rc == -ECONNRESET, -rc);
                 goto error;
             case NN_WORKER_FD_ERR:
+                /* we ignore the error as we want to read everything we have on the socket before */
+                /* socket will be closed and NN_POLLER_IN will be triggered anyway */
+                return;
 error:
                 nn_worker_rm_fd (usock->worker, &usock->wfd);
                 nn_closefd (usock->s);