diff --git a/src/fdevent.c b/src/fdevent.c
index acbafe67..d9c24335 100644
--- a/src/fdevent.c
+++ b/src/fdevent.c
@@ -618,6 +618,15 @@ int fdevent_ioctl_fionread (int fd, int fdfmt, int *toread) {
 }
 
 
+int fdevent_connect_status(int fd) {
+    /* try to finish the connect() */
+    /*(should be called after connect() only when fd is writable (POLLOUT))*/
+    int opt;
+    socklen_t len = sizeof(opt);
+    return (0 == getsockopt(fd,SOL_SOCKET,SO_ERROR,&opt,&len)) ? opt : errno;
+}
+
+
 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
 #if (defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)) \
   || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) \
diff --git a/src/fdevent.h b/src/fdevent.h
index 19dd7563..2130fecc 100644
--- a/src/fdevent.h
+++ b/src/fdevent.h
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ int fdevent_libev_init(fdevents *ev);
 
 int fdevent_ioctl_fionread (int fd, int fdfmt, int *toread);
 
+int fdevent_connect_status(int fd);
+
 /* fd must be TCP socket (AF_INET, AF_INET6), end-of-stream recv() 0 bytes */
 int fdevent_is_tcp_half_closed(int fd);
 
diff --git a/src/mod_fastcgi.c b/src/mod_fastcgi.c
index fb93721b..728ae411 100644
--- a/src/mod_fastcgi.c
+++ b/src/mod_fastcgi.c
@@ -2133,18 +2133,7 @@ static handler_t fcgi_write_request(server *srv, handler_ctx *hctx) {
 
 	/* we can't handle this in the switch as we have to fall through in it */
 	if (hctx->state == FCGI_STATE_CONNECT_DELAYED) {
-		int socket_error;
-		socklen_t socket_error_len = sizeof(socket_error);
-
-		/* try to finish the connect() */
-		if (0 != getsockopt(hctx->fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &socket_error, &socket_error_len)) {
-			log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "ss",
-					"getsockopt failed:", strerror(errno));
-
-			fcgi_proc_disable(srv, hctx->host, hctx->proc, hctx);
-
-			return HANDLER_ERROR;
-		}
+		int socket_error = fdevent_connect_status(hctx->fd);
 		if (socket_error != 0) {
 			if (!hctx->proc->is_local || hctx->conf.debug) {
 				/* local procs get restarted */
diff --git a/src/mod_proxy.c b/src/mod_proxy.c
index 525a41af..a326cd36 100644
--- a/src/mod_proxy.c
+++ b/src/mod_proxy.c
@@ -1368,16 +1368,7 @@ static handler_t proxy_write_request(server *srv, handler_ctx *hctx) {
 				break;
 			}
 		} else {
-			int socket_error;
-			socklen_t socket_error_len = sizeof(socket_error);
-
-			/* try to finish the connect() */
-			if (0 != getsockopt(hctx->fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &socket_error, &socket_error_len)) {
-				log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "ss",
-						"getsockopt failed:", strerror(errno));
-
-				return HANDLER_ERROR;
-			}
+			int socket_error = fdevent_connect_status(hctx->fd);
 			if (socket_error != 0) {
 				log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "sssd",
 						"establishing connection failed:", strerror(socket_error),
diff --git a/src/mod_scgi.c b/src/mod_scgi.c
index 97f2aefe..2d56daf8 100644
--- a/src/mod_scgi.c
+++ b/src/mod_scgi.c
@@ -1760,16 +1760,7 @@ static handler_t scgi_write_request(server *srv, handler_ctx *hctx) {
 
 
 		} else {
-			int socket_error;
-			socklen_t socket_error_len = sizeof(socket_error);
-
-			/* try to finish the connect() */
-			if (0 != getsockopt(hctx->fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &socket_error, &socket_error_len)) {
-				log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "ss",
-						"getsockopt failed:", strerror(errno));
-
-				return HANDLER_ERROR;
-			}
+			int socket_error = fdevent_connect_status(hctx->fd);
 			if (socket_error != 0) {
 				if (!hctx->proc->is_local || hctx->conf.debug) {
 					/* local procs get restarted */