diff --git a/libsysutils/src/SocketClient.cpp b/libsysutils/src/SocketClient.cpp
index fe2f3d668..e90afcd18 100644
--- a/libsysutils/src/SocketClient.cpp
+++ b/libsysutils/src/SocketClient.cpp
@@ -201,50 +201,31 @@ int SocketClient::sendDataLockedv(struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt) {
         return 0;
     }
 
-    int ret = 0;
-    int e = 0; // SLOGW and sigaction are not inert regarding errno
     int current = 0;
 
-    struct sigaction new_action, old_action;
-    memset(&new_action, 0, sizeof(new_action));
-    new_action.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
-    sigaction(SIGPIPE, &new_action, &old_action);
-
     for (;;) {
-        ssize_t rc = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(
-            writev(mSocket, iov + current, iovcnt - current));
-
-        if (rc > 0) {
-            size_t written = rc;
-            while ((current < iovcnt) && (written >= iov[current].iov_len)) {
-                written -= iov[current].iov_len;
-                current++;
-            }
-            if (current == iovcnt) {
-                break;
-            }
-            iov[current].iov_base = (char *)iov[current].iov_base + written;
-            iov[current].iov_len -= written;
-            continue;
-        }
+        ssize_t rc = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(writev(mSocket, iov + current, iovcnt - current));
 
         if (rc == 0) {
-            e = EIO;
+            errno = EIO;
             SLOGW("0 length write :(");
-        } else {
-            e = errno;
-            SLOGW("write error (%s)", strerror(e));
+            return -1;
+        } else if (rc < 0) {
+            SLOGW("write error (%s)", strerror(errno));
+            return -1;
         }
-        ret = -1;
-        break;
-    }
 
-    sigaction(SIGPIPE, &old_action, &new_action);
-
-    if (e != 0) {
-        errno = e;
+        size_t written = rc;
+        while (current < iovcnt && written >= iov[current].iov_len) {
+            written -= iov[current].iov_len;
+            current++;
+        }
+        if (current == iovcnt) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        iov[current].iov_base = (char*)iov[current].iov_base + written;
+        iov[current].iov_len -= written;
     }
-    return ret;
 }
 
 void SocketClient::incRef() {
diff --git a/logd/main.cpp b/logd/main.cpp
index 93dadf597..c92c5b719 100644
--- a/logd/main.cpp
+++ b/logd/main.cpp
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ static int issueReinit() {
 // logging plugins like auditd and restart control. Additional
 // transitory per-client threads are created for each reader.
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+    // We want EPIPE when a reader disconnects, not to terminate logd.
+    signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
     // logd is written under the assumption that the timezone is UTC.
     // If TZ is not set, persist.sys.timezone is looked up in some time utility
     // libc functions, including mktime. It confuses the logd time handling,