diff -r 3b5545ba6432 Lib/logging/handlers.py
--- a/Lib/logging/handlers.py	Wed Jun 13 22:15:26 2012 -0400
+++ b/Lib/logging/handlers.py	Mon Jun 25 20:33:51 2012 +0900
@@ -801,7 +801,11 @@
         except socket.error:
             self.socket.close()
             self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-            self.socket.connect(address)
+            try:
+                self.socket.connect(address)
+            except socket.error:
+                self.socket.close()
+                raise
 
     def encodePriority(self, facility, priority):
         """