diff --git a/ircd/client.cc b/ircd/client.cc
index 03b846138..5fcd550ec 100644
--- a/ircd/client.cc
+++ b/ircd/client.cc
@@ -890,7 +890,6 @@ catch(const std::system_error &)
 catch(const http::error &e)
 {
 	const ctx::exception_handler eh;
-
 	if(!empty(e.content))
 		log::derror
 		{
@@ -902,6 +901,9 @@ catch(const http::error &e)
 			e.content
 		};
 
+	if(!sock || sock->fini)
+		return false;
+
 	resource::response
 	{
 		*this, e.content, "text/html; charset=utf-8", e.code, e.headers
@@ -936,6 +938,9 @@ catch(const std::exception &e)
 		e.what()
 	};
 
+	if(!sock || sock->fini)
+		return false;
+
 	resource::response
 	{
 		*this, e.what(), "text/html; charset=utf-8", http::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR