static inline int sock_error(struct sock *sk)
 {
-       int err = xchg(&sk->sk_err, 0);
+       int err;
+       if (likely(!sk->sk_err))
+               return 0;
+       err = xchg(&sk->sk_err, 0);
        return -err;
 }
 
 
                timeo = schedule_timeout(timeo);
                lock_sock(sk);
 
-               if (sk->sk_err) {
-                       err = sock_error(sk);
+               err = sock_error(sk);
+               if (err)
                        break;
-               }
        }
        set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
        remove_wait_queue(sk->sk_sleep, &wait);
 
 
        BT_DBG("sock %p, sk %p", sock, sk);
 
-       if (sk->sk_err)
-               return sock_error(sk);
+       err = sock_error(sk);
+       if (err)
+               return err;
 
        if (msg->msg_flags & MSG_OOB)
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 
        BT_DBG("sock %p, sk %p", sock, sk);
 
-       if (sk->sk_err)
-               return sock_error(sk);
+       err = sock_error(sk);
+       if (err)
+               return err;
 
        if (msg->msg_flags & MSG_OOB)
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
        int done;
 
        do {
-               if (sk->sk_err)
-                       return sock_error(sk);
+               int err = sock_error(sk);
+               if (err)
+                       return err;
                if ((1 << sk->sk_state) & ~(TCPF_SYN_SENT | TCPF_SYN_RECV))
                        return -EPIPE;
                if (!*timeo_p)
                prepare_to_wait(sk->sk_sleep, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
                sk->sk_write_pending++;
                done = sk_wait_event(sk, timeo_p,
+                                    !sk->sk_err &&
                                     !((1 << sk->sk_state) & 
                                       ~(TCPF_ESTABLISHED | TCPF_CLOSE_WAIT)));
                finish_wait(sk->sk_sleep, &wait);
 
                set_bit(SOCK_NOSPACE, &sk->sk_socket->flags);
                sk->sk_write_pending++;
-               sk_wait_event(sk, ¤t_timeo, sk_stream_memory_free(sk) &&
+               sk_wait_event(sk, ¤t_timeo, !sk->sk_err && 
+                                                 !(sk->sk_shutdown & SEND_SHUTDOWN) &&
+                                                 sk_stream_memory_free(sk) &&
                                                  vm_wait);
                sk->sk_write_pending--;