diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py
index 9b023c5c17..49170cf9d4 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ def real_download(self, filename, info_dict):
                             resume_len = 0
                             open_mode = 'wb'
                             break
-
             except SocketError as e:
                 if e.errno != errno.ECONNRESET:
-                    raise # Not error we are looking for
-                pass
+                    # Connection reset is no problem, just retry
+                    raise
+
             # Retry
             count += 1
             if count <= retries: