diff --git a/openbsc/src/input/ipaccess.c b/openbsc/src/input/ipaccess.c
index 4396269db..c72176657 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/input/ipaccess.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/input/ipaccess.c
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ struct msgb *ipaccess_read_msg(struct bsc_fd *bfd, int *error)
 	hh = (struct ipaccess_head *) msg->data;
 	ret = recv(bfd->fd, msg->data, 3, 0);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		if (ret != -EAGAIN)
-			LOGP(DINP, LOGL_ERROR, "recv error  %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		if (errno != EAGAIN)
+			LOGP(DINP, LOGL_ERROR, "recv error %d %s\n", ret, strerror(errno));
 		msgb_free(msg);
 		*error = ret;
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/openbsc/src/ipaccess/ipaccess-proxy.c b/openbsc/src/ipaccess/ipaccess-proxy.c
index 61c3c5b75..d018b6ebd 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/ipaccess/ipaccess-proxy.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/ipaccess/ipaccess-proxy.c
@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@ static int handle_udp_read(struct bsc_fd *bfd)
 	hh = (struct ipaccess_head *) msg->data;
 	ret = recv(bfd->fd, msg->data, msg->data_len, 0);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		if (ret != -EAGAIN)
-			DEBUGP(DINP, "recv error  %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		if (errno != EAGAIN)
+			LOGP(DINP, LOGL_ERROR, "recv error  %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		msgb_free(msg);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ struct msgb *ipaccess_read_msg(struct bsc_fd *bfd, int *error)
 	hh = (struct ipaccess_head *) msg->data;
 	ret = recv(bfd->fd, msg->data, 3, 0);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		if (ret != -EAGAIN)
+		if (errno != EAGAIN)
 			LOGP(DINP, LOGL_ERROR, "recv error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		msgb_free(msg);
 		*error = ret;