diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 9ee18b01dc..2ceab6069e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+
+ 754.	[bug]		Certain failure returns from sendto() could
+			cause the server to retry the transmission
+			indefinitely. [RT #902]
+
  753.	[bug]		dig, host, and nslookup would fail to contact a
 			remote server if getaddrinfo() returned an IPv6
 			address on a system that doesn't support IPv6.
diff --git a/lib/isc/unix/socket.c b/lib/isc/unix/socket.c
index 642cf95b6f..05e28b4ed3 100644
--- a/lib/isc/unix/socket.c
+++ b/lib/isc/unix/socket.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: socket.c,v 1.192 2001/02/12 21:43:15 bwelling Exp $ */
+/* $Id: socket.c,v 1.193 2001/02/24 23:51:09 gson Exp $ */
 
 #include <config.h>
 
@@ -1028,9 +1028,9 @@ doio_send(isc_socket_t *sock, isc_socketevent_t *dev) {
 		return (DOIO_HARD); \
 	}
 
-		SOFT_OR_HARD(EACCES, ISC_R_NOPERM);
-		SOFT_OR_HARD(EAFNOSUPPORT, ISC_R_ADDRNOTAVAIL);
 		SOFT_OR_HARD(ECONNREFUSED, ISC_R_CONNREFUSED);
+		ALWAYS_HARD(EACCES, ISC_R_NOPERM);
+		ALWAYS_HARD(EAFNOSUPPORT, ISC_R_ADDRNOTAVAIL);
 		ALWAYS_HARD(EADDRNOTAVAIL, ISC_R_ADDRNOTAVAIL);
 		ALWAYS_HARD(EHOSTUNREACH, ISC_R_HOSTUNREACH);
 #ifdef EHOSTDOWN