diff --git a/lib/bcoin/peer.js b/lib/bcoin/peer.js
index 810bc4bb..02e2b652 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/peer.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/peer.js
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ Peer.prototype._init = function init() {
       case 'EHOSTUNREACH':
       case 'ENETUNREACH':
       case 'ENOTFOUND':
+      case 'ECONNRESET':
         self.ignore();
         break;
     }
@@ -216,7 +217,6 @@ Peer.prototype._init = function init() {
 
   this.socket.once('close', function() {
     self._error('socket hangup');
-    self.connected = false;
   });
 
   this.socket.on('data', function(chunk) {