diff --git a/kombu/connection.py b/kombu/connection.py
index f921de8d..496494e3 100644
--- a/kombu/connection.py
+++ b/kombu/connection.py
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class Connection(object):
             self.more_to_read = False
             return False
         except socket.error, exc:
-            if exc.errno in (errno.EAGAIN, errno.EINTR):
+            if get_errno(exc) in (errno.EAGAIN, errno.EINTR):
                 self.more_to_read = False
                 return False
             raise