diff --git a/ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/socketpool/Socket.c b/ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/socketpool/Socket.c
index e2b82264baf22..fe12f461fbf9d 100644
--- a/ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/socketpool/Socket.c
+++ b/ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/socketpool/Socket.c
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ int socketpool_socket_recv_into(socketpool_socket_obj_t *socket,
             break;
     }
     if (ret == (unsigned)-1) {
-        mp_raise_OSError(_errno);
+        return -_errno;
     }
     return ret;
 }