Index: src/OFHTTPClient.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFHTTPClient.m
+++ src/OFHTTPClient.m
@@ -635,10 +635,12 @@
 {
 	if (exception != nil) {
 		[self raiseException: exception];
 		return;
 	}
+
+	sock.canBlock = false;
 
 	if ([_client->_delegate respondsToSelector:
 	    @selector(client:didCreateTCPSocket:request:)])
 		[_client->_delegate client: _client
 			didCreateTCPSocket: sock