diff --git a/lib/cf-socket.c b/lib/cf-socket.c
index 0be685216c..5729fe07fa 100644
--- a/lib/cf-socket.c
+++ b/lib/cf-socket.c
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ static void cf_socket_close(struct Curl_cfilter *cf, struct Curl_easy *data)
       /* this is our local socket, we did never publish it */
       DEBUGF(LOG_CF(data, cf, "cf_socket_close(%" CURL_FORMAT_SOCKET_T
                     ", not active)", ctx->sock));
-      sclose(ctx->sock);
+      socket_close(data, cf->conn, !ctx->accepted, ctx->sock);
       ctx->sock = CURL_SOCKET_BAD;
     }
     Curl_bufq_reset(&ctx->recvbuf);