diff --git a/erts/preloaded/ebin/prim_inet.beam b/erts/preloaded/ebin/prim_inet.beam
index 55a3309e9d8..c035335a328 100644
Binary files a/erts/preloaded/ebin/prim_inet.beam and b/erts/preloaded/ebin/prim_inet.beam differ
diff --git a/erts/preloaded/src/prim_inet.erl b/erts/preloaded/src/prim_inet.erl
index 4f3b0018d3e..38a4c202a5c 100644
--- a/erts/preloaded/src/prim_inet.erl
+++ b/erts/preloaded/src/prim_inet.erl
@@ -615,7 +615,8 @@ send(S, HdrAndData, OptList, Mref) ->
             end
     catch error: _ ->
 	    ?DBG_FORMAT("prim_inet:send() -> {error,einval}~n", []),
-	     {error,einval}
+            demonitor(Mref, [flush]),
+            {error,einval}
     end.
 
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