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diff --git a/src/daemon/common.c b/src/daemon/common.c
index 40822d0c..64dbee6f 100644
--- a/src/daemon/common.c
+++ b/src/daemon/common.c
@@ -267,8 +267,10 @@ ssize_t swrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count) {
   ptr = (const char *)buf;
   nleft = count;
 
-  if (fd < 0)
-    return (-1);
+  if (fd < 0) {
+    errno = EINVAL;
+    return errno;
+  }
 
   /* checking for closed peer connection */
   pfd.fd = fd;
@@ -277,10 +279,9 @@ ssize_t swrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count) {
   if (poll(&pfd, 1, 0) > 0) {
     char buffer[32];
     if (recv(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer), MSG_PEEK | MSG_DONTWAIT) == 0) {
-      // if recv returns zero (even though poll() said there is data to be
-      // read),
-      // that means the connection has been closed
-      return -1;
+      /* if recv returns zero (even though poll() said there is data to be
+       * read), that means the connection has been closed */
+      return errno ? errno : -1;
     }
   }
 
@@ -291,7 +292,7 @@ ssize_t swrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count) {
       continue;
 
     if (status < 0)
-      return (status);
+      return errno ? errno : status;
 
     nleft = nleft - ((size_t)status);
     ptr = ptr + ((size_t)status);