diff --git a/lib/libwebsockets.c b/lib/libwebsockets.c
index bbbbe4936..6d9f31102 100644
--- a/lib/libwebsockets.c
+++ b/lib/libwebsockets.c
@@ -1651,8 +1651,8 @@ libwebsocket_service_fd(struct libwebsocket_context *context,
 		accept_fd  = accept(pollfd->fd, (struct sockaddr *)&cli_addr,
 								       &clilen);
 		if (accept_fd < 0) {
-			lwsl_warn("ERROR on accept: %d\n", strerror(errno));
-			return -1;
+			lwsl_warn("ERROR on accept: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+			break;
 		}
 
 		/* Disable Nagle */