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 22bfee0..13261d5 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 +192,6 @@ public class WebSocket extends Transport {
                         }
                     } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
                         logger.fine("websocket closed before we could write");
-                        doClose();
                     } catch (IOException e) {
                         logger.fine("websocket closed before onclose event");
                         doClose();