diff --git a/examples/tcp-large-transfer.cc b/examples/tcp-large-transfer.cc
index 8c7b16c5d..76c57f642 100644
--- a/examples/tcp-large-transfer.cc
+++ b/examples/tcp-large-transfer.cc
@@ -206,7 +206,12 @@ void WriteUntilBufferFull (Ptr<Socket> localSocket, uint32_t nBytes)
       char m = toascii (97 + i % 26);
       data[i] = m;
     }
-    localSocket->Send (data, curSize);
+    uint32_t amountSent = localSocket->Send (data, curSize);
+    if(amountSent < curSize)
+      {
+        std::cout << "Socket blocking, returning" << std::endl;
+        return;
+      }
     nBytes -= curSize;
   }
 }