diff --git a/uvloop/loop.pyx b/uvloop/loop.pyx
index d9b5aaac..22db6ad8 100644
--- a/uvloop/loop.pyx
+++ b/uvloop/loop.pyx
@@ -1755,7 +1755,7 @@ cdef class Loop:
                                     addrinfo.ai_family,
                                     addrinfo.ai_socktype,
                                     addrinfo.ai_protocol, exc_info=True)
-                            continue
+                            break
 
                         if reuse_address:
                             sock.setsockopt(uv.SOL_SOCKET, uv.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)