diff --git a/src/peer/socket.rs b/src/peer/socket.rs
index 450d257..5c928e0 100644
--- a/src/peer/socket.rs
+++ b/src/peer/socket.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ async fn retainer<S: Signer>(
                 let message = match message {
                     Ok(message) => message,
                     Err(err) => {
-                        if let Err(_) = close.send(err).await {
+                        if close.send(err).await.is_err() {
                             log::error!("failed to notify of socket connection loss");
                         }
                         return;