diff --git a/src/core/ngx_syslog.c b/src/core/ngx_syslog.c
index 0a67928..e2f9b6c 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_syslog.c
+++ b/src/core/ngx_syslog.c
@@ -289,9 +289,7 @@
         n = ngx_os_io.send(&peer->conn, buf, len);
     }
 
-#if (NGX_HAVE_UNIX_DOMAIN)
-
-    if (n == NGX_ERROR && peer->server.sockaddr->sa_family == AF_UNIX) {
+    if (n == NGX_ERROR) {
 
         if (ngx_close_socket(peer->conn.fd) == -1) {
             ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, ngx_cycle->log, ngx_socket_errno,
@@ -301,8 +299,6 @@
         peer->conn.fd = (ngx_socket_t) -1;
     }
 
-#endif
-
     return n;
 }