diff -r befedd5c64c5 Lib/logging/handlers.py
--- a/Lib/logging/handlers.py	Sun Oct 06 09:53:11 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/logging/handlers.py	Sun Oct 06 16:10:54 2013 +0300
@@ -518,7 +518,11 @@
         else:
             result = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
             result.settimeout(timeout)
-            result.connect(self.address)
+            try:
+                result.connect(self.address)
+            except OSError:
+                result.close()
+                raise
         return result
 
     def createSocket(self):