diff --git a/src/mux_h1.c b/src/mux_h1.c
index a230365..9bb3d3a 100644
--- a/src/mux_h1.c
+++ b/src/mux_h1.c
@@ -3501,18 +3501,20 @@
 		else
 			TRACE_DEVEL("h1c obuf not allocated", H1_EV_STRM_SEND|H1_EV_H1S_BLK, h1c->conn, h1s);
 
-		if ((h1c->conn->flags & (CO_FL_ERROR|CO_FL_SOCK_WR_SH)))
+		if (!ret)
 			break;
 
 		if ((count - ret) > 0)
 			h1c->flags |= H1C_F_CO_MSG_MORE;
 
-		if (!ret)
-			break;
 		total += ret;
 		count -= ret;
+
 		if ((h1c->wait_event.events & SUB_RETRY_SEND) || !h1_send(h1c))
 			break;
+
+		if ((h1c->conn->flags & (CO_FL_ERROR|CO_FL_SOCK_WR_SH)))
+			break;
 	}
 
 	if ((h1c->flags & H1C_F_ST_ERROR) || ((h1c->conn->flags & CO_FL_ERROR) &&