diff --git a/src/easynetwork/lowlevel/_utils.py b/src/easynetwork/lowlevel/_utils.py
index 1be19f7b..e5afc1cd 100644
--- a/src/easynetwork/lowlevel/_utils.py
+++ b/src/easynetwork/lowlevel/_utils.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def check_socket_family(family: int) -> None:
         raise ValueError("Only these families are supported: AF_INET, AF_INET6")
 
 
-def check_real_socket_state(socket: ISocket, error_msg: str = "{strerror}") -> None:
+def check_real_socket_state(socket: ISocket, error_msg: str | None = None) -> None:
     """Verify socket saved error and raise OSError if there is one
 
     There are some functions such as socket.send() which do not immediately fail and save the errno
@@ -180,7 +180,10 @@ def check_real_socket_state(socket: ISocket, error_msg: str = "{strerror}") -> N
     errno = socket.getsockopt(_socket.SOL_SOCKET, _socket.SO_ERROR)
     if errno != 0:
         # The SO_ERROR is automatically reset to zero after getting the value
-        raise error_from_errno(errno, error_msg)
+        if error_msg:
+            raise error_from_errno(errno, error_msg)
+        else:
+            raise error_from_errno(errno)
 
 
 class _SupportsSocketSendMSG(Protocol):
diff --git a/tests/unit_test/test_tools/test_utils.py b/tests/unit_test/test_tools/test_utils.py
index 75042105..e965eada 100644
--- a/tests/unit_test/test_tools/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit_test/test_tools/test_utils.py
@@ -338,6 +338,26 @@ def test____check_real_socket_state____socket_with_error(mock_tcp_socket: MagicM
     mock_error_from_errno.assert_called_once_with(errno)
 
 
+def test____check_real_socket_state____socket_with_error____custom_message(
+    mock_tcp_socket: MagicMock,
+    mocker: MockerFixture,
+) -> None:
+    # Arrange
+    errno = 123456
+    exception = OSError(errno, "errno message")
+    mock_tcp_socket.getsockopt.return_value = errno
+    mock_error_from_errno = mocker.patch(f"{error_from_errno.__module__}.{error_from_errno.__qualname__}", return_value=exception)
+
+    # Act
+    with pytest.raises(OSError) as exc_info:
+        check_real_socket_state(mock_tcp_socket, error_msg="unrelated error: {strerror}")
+
+    # Assert
+    assert exc_info.value is exception
+    mock_tcp_socket.getsockopt.assert_called_once_with(SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR)
+    mock_error_from_errno.assert_called_once_with(errno, "unrelated error: {strerror}")
+
+
 def test____check_real_socket_state____closed_socket(mock_tcp_socket: MagicMock, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     # Arrange
     mock_tcp_socket.fileno.return_value = -1