diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface_unix.c b/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface_unix.c
index 5fe9a4e43..7135d068d 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface_unix.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface_unix.c
@@ -724,6 +724,7 @@ static void wpa_supplicant_ctrl_iface_send(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
 			if (sock < 0) {
 				wpa_dbg(wpa_s, MSG_DEBUG,
 					"Failed to reinitialize ctrl_iface socket");
+				break;
 			}
 		}
 	}