diff --git a/lib/daemon_controller.rb b/lib/daemon_controller.rb
index 9e191b5..4206ce9 100644
--- a/lib/daemon_controller.rb
+++ b/lib/daemon_controller.rb
@@ -706,7 +706,10 @@ def ping_socket(socket_domain, sockaddr)
         end
       end
       true
-    rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED, Errno::ENOENT
+    rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED, Errno::ECONNRESET, Errno::ENOENT
+      # ECONNRESET: the connection landed in the listen backlog of a
+      # server that closed its listening socket before accepting it,
+      # e.g. because it is shutting down.
       false
     ensure
       socket.close if socket