diff --git a/src/lua/LuaTCPSocket.cpp b/src/lua/LuaTCPSocket.cpp
index 294cfa6aa..521ed7f89 100644
--- a/src/lua/LuaTCPSocket.cpp
+++ b/src/lua/LuaTCPSocket.cpp
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ namespace LuaTCPSocket
 			CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
 			if (!tcps->writeClosed)
 			{
-				curl_easy_send(tcps->easy, &data[writtenTotal], len - writtenTotal, &writtenNow);
+				res = curl_easy_send(tcps->easy, &data[writtenTotal], len - writtenTotal, &writtenNow);
 			}
 			writtenTotal += writtenNow;
 			if (writtenTotal >= len)