diff -r ec12fbf449a5 Lib/socketserver.py
--- a/Lib/socketserver.py	Mon Feb 08 17:57:22 2016 +0200
+++ b/Lib/socketserver.py	Mon Feb 08 19:17:55 2016 +0200
@@ -319,6 +319,8 @@
             except:
                 self.handle_error(request, client_address)
                 self.shutdown_request(request)
+        else:
+            self.shutdown_request(request)
 
     def handle_timeout(self):
         """Called if no new request arrives within self.timeout.