diff --git a/Socket/Protocols/INet/TCPSocketProtocol.cc b/Socket/Protocols/INet/TCPSocketProtocol.cc
index 781b5e645a40728c8f94c86d6532b4af759cf036..5f49a449831e1f863e34cc04b9b0cc09137a9dd2 100644
--- a/Socket/Protocols/INet/TCPSocketProtocol.cc
+++ b/Socket/Protocols/INet/TCPSocketProtocol.cc
@@ -79,7 +79,14 @@ prefix_ void senf::TCPSocketProtocol::shutdown(ShutType type)
     const
 {
     if (::shutdown(fd(), type) < 0)
-        SENF_THROW_SYSTEM_EXCEPTION("");
+        SENF_THROW_SYSTEM_EXCEPTION("::shutdown()");
+}
+
+prefix_ void senf::TCPSocketProtocol::close()
+    const
+{
+    shutdown(ShutRDWR);
+    INetSocketProtocol::close();
 }
 
 prefix_ unsigned senf::TCPSocketProtocol::available()
diff --git a/Socket/Protocols/INet/TCPSocketProtocol.hh b/Socket/Protocols/INet/TCPSocketProtocol.hh
index d11578c336be2b3fb3f88202228d7f1cbdcbcc87..91021a02f5269ef29f941eded50948f5ba728acd 100644
--- a/Socket/Protocols/INet/TCPSocketProtocol.hh
+++ b/Socket/Protocols/INet/TCPSocketProtocol.hh
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ namespace senf {
         ///\name Abstract Interface Implementation
         ///@{
 
+        void close() const;
         unsigned available() const;
         bool eof() const;
 
diff --git a/Socket/SocketProtocol.cc b/Socket/SocketProtocol.cc
index 67ed3407a45c031cfe645b43fc35a5e6cabf7983..5e15222aa45c71b52ae53aaf4403ad5b6108a783 100644
--- a/Socket/SocketProtocol.cc
+++ b/Socket/SocketProtocol.cc
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
 prefix_ void senf::SocketProtocol::close()
     const
 {
-    if (::shutdown(body().fd(),SHUT_RDWR) < 0)
-        SENF_THROW_SYSTEM_EXCEPTION("::shutdown(socket_fd)");
     if (::close(body().fd()) < 0)
         SENF_THROW_SYSTEM_EXCEPTION("::close(socket_fd)");
 }