diff --git a/src/quic_sock.c b/src/quic_sock.c
index 068541f89..fd43859f3 100644
--- a/src/quic_sock.c
+++ b/src/quic_sock.c
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ int qc_snd_buf(struct quic_conn *qc, const struct buffer *buf, size_t sz,
 		}
 	} while (ret < 0 && errno == EINTR);
 
-	if (ret < 0 || ret != sz) {
+	if (ret < 0) {
 		struct proxy *prx = qc->li->bind_conf->frontend;
 		struct quic_counters *prx_counters =
 		  EXTRA_COUNTERS_GET(prx->extra_counters_fe,
@@ -633,6 +633,9 @@ int qc_snd_buf(struct quic_conn *qc, const struct buffer *buf, size_t sz,
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	if (ret != sz)
+		return 1;
+
 	/* we count the total bytes sent, and the send rate for 32-byte blocks.
 	 * The reason for the latter is that freq_ctr are limited to 4GB and
 	 * that it's not enough per second.