diff --git a/libfreerdp/core/transport.c b/libfreerdp/core/transport.c
index 4e07b119f..5ba638be4 100644
--- a/libfreerdp/core/transport.c
+++ b/libfreerdp/core/transport.c
@@ -676,6 +676,8 @@ static void transport_bio_error_log(rdpTransport* transport, LPCSTR biofunc, BIO
 	if (ERR_peek_error() == 0)
 	{
 		const char* fmt = "%s returned a system error %d: %s";
+		if (saveerrno == 0)
+			fmt = "%s retries exceeded";
 		WLog_PrintMessage(transport->log, WLOG_MESSAGE_TEXT, level, line, file, func, fmt, biofunc,
 		                  saveerrno, strerror(saveerrno));
 		return;