diff --git a/changes/bug8427 b/changes/bug8427
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22b003fc38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug8427
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes:
+    - If we encounter a write failure on a SOCKS connection before we
+      finish our SOCKS handshake, don't warn that we closed the
+      connection before we could send a SOCKS reply. Fixes bug 8427;
+      bugfix on 0.1.0.1-rc.
diff --git a/src/or/connection.c b/src/or/connection.c
index eac9c4f32b..75c1656206 100644
--- a/src/or/connection.c
+++ b/src/or/connection.c
@@ -3286,6 +3286,10 @@ connection_handle_write_impl(connection_t *conn, int force)
     if (result < 0) {
       if (CONN_IS_EDGE(conn))
         connection_edge_end_errno(TO_EDGE_CONN(conn));
+      if (conn->type == CONN_TYPE_AP) {
+        /* writing failed; we couldn't send a SOCKS reply if we wanted to */
+        TO_ENTRY_CONN(conn)->socks_request->has_finished = 1;
+      }
 
       connection_close_immediate(conn); /* Don't flush; connection is dead. */
       connection_mark_for_close(conn);