diff -r 41300fa6a67c -r 2f34d5167611 src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine.cpp
--- a/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine.cpp	Tue Feb 02 00:43:10 2010 +0200
+++ b/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine.cpp	Fri Apr 16 15:50:13 2010 +0300
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /****************************************************************************
 **
-** Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
 ** All rights reserved.
 ** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
 **
@@ -778,6 +778,14 @@
                     QNativeSocketEnginePrivate::RemoteHostClosedErrorString);
         close();
         return -1;
+    } else if (readBytes == -1) {
+        if (!d->hasSetSocketError) {
+            d->hasSetSocketError = true;
+            d->socketError = QAbstractSocket::NetworkError;
+            d->socketErrorString = qt_error_string();
+        }
+        close();
+        return -1;
     }
     return readBytes;
 }