diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/.update b/libs/sofia-sip/.update
index e24a7c97f1..49ea97e571 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/.update
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/.update
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Mon Mar 20 17:03:26 CDT 2017
+Thu Apr  6 17:08:19 CDT 2017
diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/ws.c b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/ws.c
index 71b862ac62..fc6174efb6 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/ws.c
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/ws.c
@@ -430,10 +430,12 @@ ssize_t ws_raw_write(wsh_t *wsh, void *data, size_t bytes)
 			}
 
 			if (r == -1) {
-				ssl_err = SSL_get_error(wsh->ssl, r);
+				if ((ssl_err = SSL_get_error(wsh->ssl, r)) != SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE) {
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 
-		} while (--sanity > 0 && ((r == -1 && ssl_err == SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE) || (wsh->block && wrote < bytes)));
+		} while (--sanity > 0 && wsh->block && wrote < bytes);
 
 		if (ssl_err) {
 			r = ssl_err * -1;
diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_verto/ws.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_verto/ws.c
index 018648884a..bb64e7f8aa 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_verto/ws.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_verto/ws.c
@@ -430,10 +430,12 @@ ssize_t ws_raw_write(wsh_t *wsh, void *data, size_t bytes)
 			}
 
 			if (r == -1) {
-				ssl_err = SSL_get_error(wsh->ssl, r);
+				if ((ssl_err = SSL_get_error(wsh->ssl, r)) != SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE) {
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 
-		} while (--sanity > 0 && ((r == -1 && ssl_err == SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE) || (wsh->block && wrote < bytes)));
+		} while (--sanity > 0 && wsh->block && wrote < bytes);
 
 		if (ssl_err) {
 			r = ssl_err * -1;