diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/SyslogUdp/UdpSocket.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/SyslogUdp/UdpSocket.php
index f54ac4e8..7a23ae8b 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/SyslogUdp/UdpSocket.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/SyslogUdp/UdpSocket.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class UdpSocket
     protected function send($chunk)
     {
         if (!is_resource($this->socket)) {
-            throw new \LogicException('The UdpSocket to '.$this->ip.':'.$this->port.' has been closed and can not be written to anymore');
+            throw new \RuntimeException('The UdpSocket to '.$this->ip.':'.$this->port.' has been closed and can not be written to anymore');
         }
         socket_sendto($this->socket, $chunk, strlen($chunk), $flags = 0, $this->ip, $this->port);
     }