diff --git a/src/socket_transport.cpp b/src/socket_transport.cpp
index 287e60450..75fdd7f44 100644
--- a/src/socket_transport.cpp
+++ b/src/socket_transport.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ bool BufferedSocket::ProcessRead()
 
 bool BufferedSocket::ProcessWrite()
 {
+	if (this->write_buffer.empty())
+		return true;
+
 	int count = this->io->Send(this, this->write_buffer);
 	if (count == 0)
 		return false;