diff --git a/datadog/dogstatsd/base.py b/datadog/dogstatsd/base.py
index 8c72e089b..3658a4d20 100644
--- a/datadog/dogstatsd/base.py
+++ b/datadog/dogstatsd/base.py
@@ -286,17 +286,9 @@ def _send_to_server(self, packet):
             # dogstatsd is overflowing, drop the packets (mimicks the UDP behaviour)
             return
         except socket.error:
-            log.info("Error submitting packet, will try refreshing the socket")
-
+            log.info("Error submitting packet, dropping the packet and closing the socket")
             self.close_socket()
 
-            try:
-                self.get_socket().send(packet.encode(self.encoding))
-            except socket.error:
-                self.close_socket()
-
-                log.exception("Failed to send packet with a newly bound socket")
-
     def _send_to_buffer(self, packet):
         self.buffer.append(packet)
         if len(self.buffer) >= self.max_buffer_size: