diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/NP/rpcn_client.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/NP/rpcn_client.cpp
index 5d640a2261..f783d0a2ef 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/NP/rpcn_client.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/NP/rpcn_client.cpp
@@ -673,8 +673,10 @@ namespace rpcn
 		if (sockfd)
 		{
 #ifdef _WIN32
+			::shutdown(sockfd, SD_BOTH);
 			::closesocket(sockfd);
 #else
+			::shutdown(sockfd, SHUT_RDWR);
 			::close(sockfd);
 #endif
 			sockfd = 0;