net: fix error handling in listen()

Fixes #1894.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 4467654802..9fee92ddf8 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -643,11 +643,6 @@ var createServerHandle = exports._createServerHandle =
   if (r) {
     handle.close();
     handle = null;
-
-    process.nextTick(function() {
-      self.emit('error', errnoException(errno, 'listen'));
-    });
-    return;
   }
 
   return handle;
@@ -662,7 +657,12 @@ Server.prototype._listen2 = function(address, port, addressType) {
   // In the case of a server sent via IPC, we don't need to do this.
   if (!self._handle) {
     self._handle = createServerHandle(address, port, addressType);
-    if (!self._handle) return;
+    if (!self._handle) {
+      process.nextTick(function() {
+        self.emit('error', errnoException(errno, 'listen'));
+      });
+      return;
+    }
   }
 
   self._handle.onconnection = onconnection;