diff --git a/iocore/net/UnixNet.cc b/iocore/net/UnixNet.cc
index a17d0d16763..9d8ede0a0d7 100644
--- a/iocore/net/UnixNet.cc
+++ b/iocore/net/UnixNet.cc
@@ -682,8 +682,9 @@ NetHandler::_close_vc(UnixNetVConnection *vc, ink_hrtime now, int &handle_event,
     // create a dummy event
     Event event;
     event.ethread = this_ethread();
-    vc->handleEvent(EVENT_IMMEDIATE, &event);
-    ++handle_event;
+    if (vc->handleEvent(EVENT_IMMEDIATE, &event) == EVENT_DONE) {
+      ++handle_event;
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/iocore/net/UnixNetVConnection.cc b/iocore/net/UnixNetVConnection.cc
index c528f3527f4..4bee2f21073 100644
--- a/iocore/net/UnixNetVConnection.cc
+++ b/iocore/net/UnixNetVConnection.cc
@@ -1139,8 +1139,8 @@ UnixNetVConnection::mainEvent(int event, Event *e)
       (write.vio.mutex && wlock.get_mutex() != write.vio.mutex.get())) {
 #ifdef INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT
     if (e == active_timeout)
-#endif
       e->schedule_in(HRTIME_MSECONDS(net_retry_delay));
+#endif
     return EVENT_CONT;
   }