diff --git a/lib/appenders/multiprocess.js b/lib/appenders/multiprocess.js
index e1deae9..0007829 100644
--- a/lib/appenders/multiprocess.js
+++ b/lib/appenders/multiprocess.js
@@ -119,13 +119,12 @@ function workerAppender(config) {
       canWrite = true;
     });
     socket.on('timeout', socket.end.bind(socket));
-    // don't bother listening for 'error', 'close' gets called after that anyway
-    socket.on('close', createSocket);
     socket.on('error', (e) => {
       debug('connection error', e);
       canWrite = false;
       emptyBuffer();
     });
+    socket.on('close', createSocket);
   }
 
   createSocket();