diff --git a/lib/streams/BaseRollingFileStream.js b/lib/streams/BaseRollingFileStream.js
index 5f03615..26de2b0 100644
--- a/lib/streams/BaseRollingFileStream.js
+++ b/lib/streams/BaseRollingFileStream.js
@@ -48,7 +48,14 @@ BaseRollingFileStream.prototype._write = function(chunk, encoding, callback) {
   function writeTheChunk() {
     debug("writing the chunk to the underlying stream");
     that.currentSize += chunk.length;
-    that.theStream.write(chunk, encoding, callback);
+    if(that.theStream.writeable) {
+      try {
+        that.theStream.write(chunk, encoding, callback);
+      }
+      catch (err){
+        callback();
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   debug("in _write");