diff --git a/clientside/os/frisbee.redux/frisuploader.c b/clientside/os/frisbee.redux/frisuploader.c
index 49b4da51523287d1376112df3f806d6ed04b63da..ad664460e5a8c8948f9b5e4dabd36d66bd21b81f 100644
--- a/clientside/os/frisbee.redux/frisuploader.c
+++ b/clientside/os/frisbee.redux/frisuploader.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010-2014 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2015 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
  * 
  * {{{EMULAB-LICENSE
  * 
@@ -277,10 +277,7 @@ recv_file()
 			cc = remaining;
 		ncc = conn_read(conn, wbuf, cc);
 		if (ncc < 0) {
-			if (conn_timeout(conn))
-				rv = 2;
-			else
-				FrisPwarning("socket read");
+			FrisPwarning("socket read");
 			goto done;
 		}
 		if (ncc == 0)
@@ -297,8 +294,11 @@ recv_file()
 			goto done;
 		}
 	}
-	/* Note that coming up short (remaining > 0) is not an error */
-	rv = 0;
+	/*
+	 * Note that coming up short (remaining > 0) is not an error
+	 * unless we timed out.
+	 */
+	rv = conn_timeout(conn) ? 2 : 0;
 
  done:
 	gettimeofday(&et, NULL);
diff --git a/clientside/os/frisbee.redux/upload.c b/clientside/os/frisbee.redux/upload.c
index 510bf7b178ed0370e24bfcf6c1b9d218e4cfeb90..6e2810e1d90e9e247db55aaba8d12ef4ad75a640 100644
--- a/clientside/os/frisbee.redux/upload.c
+++ b/clientside/os/frisbee.redux/upload.c
@@ -577,10 +577,7 @@ send_file(void)
 
 		cc = conn_write(conn, rbuf, ncc);
 		if (cc < 0) {
-			if (conn_timeout(conn))
-				rv = 2;
-			else
-				FrisPwarning("socket write");
+			FrisPwarning("socket write");
 			goto done;
 		}
 		remaining -= cc;