diff --git a/src/netbase.cpp b/src/netbase.cpp
index 5ab12c9a7c..d2a4188ffc 100644
--- a/src/netbase.cpp
+++ b/src/netbase.cpp
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ static bool Socks5(const std::string& strDest, int port, const ProxyCredentials
     char pchRet1[2];
     if (!InterruptibleRecv(pchRet1, 2, SOCKS5_RECV_TIMEOUT, hSocket)) {
         CloseSocket(hSocket);
-        return error("Error reading proxy response");
+        LogPrintf("Socks5() connect to %s:%d failed: InterruptibleRecv() timeout or other failure\n", strDest, port);
+        return false;
     }
     if (pchRet1[0] != 0x05) {
         CloseSocket(hSocket);