diff --git a/lib/plat/freertos/private-lib-plat-freertos.h b/lib/plat/freertos/private-lib-plat-freertos.h
index 48f113725..9589f9885 100644
--- a/lib/plat/freertos/private-lib-plat-freertos.h
+++ b/lib/plat/freertos/private-lib-plat-freertos.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ typedef SemaphoreHandle_t lws_mutex_t;
  #define LWS_ENOTCONN ENOTCONN
  #define LWS_EWOULDBLOCK EWOULDBLOCK
  #define LWS_EADDRINUSE EADDRINUSE
+ #define LWS_ECONNABORTED ECONNABORTED
 
  #define lws_set_blocking_send(wsi)
 
diff --git a/lib/tls/mbedtls/mbedtls-ssl.c b/lib/tls/mbedtls/mbedtls-ssl.c
index c0f9046f2..b894e1ea1 100644
--- a/lib/tls/mbedtls/mbedtls-ssl.c
+++ b/lib/tls/mbedtls/mbedtls-ssl.c
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ lws_ssl_capable_read(struct lws *wsi, unsigned char *buf, size_t len)
 			/* If the socket isn't connected anymore, bail out. */
 			goto do_err1;
 
+#if defined(LWS_PLAT_FREERTOS)
+		if (errno == LWS_ECONNABORTED)
+			goto do_err1;
+#endif
+
 		if (m == SSL_ERROR_ZERO_RETURN ||
 		    m == SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL)
 			goto do_err;