diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/openssl/SSLSocket.java b/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/openssl/SSLSocket.java
index 36c61508..ed336bdb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/openssl/SSLSocket.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/openssl/SSLSocket.java
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ private IRubyObject syswriteImpl(final ThreadContext context,
         }
         catch (IOException ex) {
             debugStackTrace(runtime, "SSLSocket.syswriteImpl", ex);
-            throw Utils.newError(runtime, runtime.getIOError(), ex);
+            throw runtime.newIOErrorFromException(ex);
         }
     }