diff --git a/src/main/java/io/socket/engineio/client/transports/WebSocket.java b/src/main/java/io/socket/engineio/client/transports/WebSocket.java
index 6d9be0a..3447494 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/socket/engineio/client/transports/WebSocket.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/socket/engineio/client/transports/WebSocket.java
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public class WebSocket extends Transport {
                         }
                     } catch (IOException e) {
                         logger.fine("websocket closed before onclose event");
-                        close();
+                        doClose();
                     }
 
                     if (0 == --total[0]) done.run();