diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/http/TunnelUtils.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/http/TunnelUtils.cpp
index 71adef9d7..6880e0187 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/http/TunnelUtils.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/http/TunnelUtils.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ TLSFilterTransaction::TLSFilterTransaction(nsAHttpTransaction *aWrapped,
   , mSegmentReader(aReader)
   , mSegmentWriter(aWriter)
   , mForce(false)
+  , mReadSegmentReturnValue(NS_OK)
   , mNudgeCounter(0)
 {
   MOZ_ASSERT(PR_GetCurrentThread() == gSocketThread);
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ TLSFilterTransaction::OnReadSegment(const char *aData,
   LOG(("TLSFilterTransaction %p OnReadSegment %d (buffered %d)\n",
        this, aCount, mEncryptedTextUsed));
 
-  mReadSegmentBlocked = false;
+  mReadSegmentReturnValue = NS_OK;
   MOZ_ASSERT(mSegmentReader);
   if (!mSecInfo) {
     return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
@@ -202,17 +203,12 @@ TLSFilterTransaction::OnReadSegment(const char *aData,
         return NS_OK;
       }
       // mTransaction ReadSegments actually obscures this code, so
-      // keep it in a member var for this::ReadSegments to insepct. Similar
+      // keep it in a member var for this::ReadSegments to inspect. Similar
       // to nsHttpConnection::mSocketOutCondition
       PRErrorCode code = PR_GetError();
-      mReadSegmentBlocked = (code == PR_WOULD_BLOCK_ERROR);
-      if (mReadSegmentBlocked) {
-        return NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK;
-      }
+      mReadSegmentReturnValue = ErrorAccordingToNSPR(code);
 
-      nsresult rv = ErrorAccordingToNSPR(code);
-      Close(rv);
-      return rv;
+      return mReadSegmentReturnValue;
     }
     aCount -= written;
     aData += written;
@@ -298,9 +294,14 @@ TLSFilterTransaction::OnWriteSegment(char *aData,
     if (code == PR_WOULD_BLOCK_ERROR) {
       return NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK;
     }
-    nsresult rv = ErrorAccordingToNSPR(code);
-    Close(rv);
-    return rv;
+    // If reading from the socket succeeded (NS_SUCCEEDED(mFilterReadCode)),
+    // but the nss layer encountered an error remember the error.
+    if (NS_SUCCEEDED(mFilterReadCode)) {
+      mFilterReadCode = ErrorAccordingToNSPR(code);
+      LOG(("TLSFilterTransaction::OnWriteSegment %p nss error %" PRIx32 ".\n",
+           this, static_cast<uint32_t>(mFilterReadCode)));
+    }
+    return mFilterReadCode;
   }
   *outCountRead = bytesRead;
 
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ TLSFilterTransaction::FilterInput(char *aBuf, int32_t aAmount)
   if (NS_SUCCEEDED(mFilterReadCode) && outCountRead) {
     LOG(("TLSFilterTransaction::FilterInput rv=%x read=%d input from net "
          "1 layer stripped, 1 still on\n", mFilterReadCode, outCountRead));
-    if (mReadSegmentBlocked) {
+    if (mReadSegmentReturnValue == NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK) {
       mNudgeCounter = 0;
     }
   }
@@ -349,19 +350,18 @@ TLSFilterTransaction::ReadSegments(nsAHttpSegmentReader *aReader,
     return NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED;
   }
 
-  mReadSegmentBlocked = false;
+  mReadSegmentReturnValue = NS_OK;
   mSegmentReader = aReader;
   nsresult rv = mTransaction->ReadSegments(this, aCount, outCountRead);
   LOG(("TLSFilterTransaction %p called trans->ReadSegments rv=%x %d\n",
        this, rv, *outCountRead));
-  if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) && mReadSegmentBlocked) {
-    rv = NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK;
+  if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) && (mReadSegmentReturnValue == NS_BASE_STREAM_WOULD_BLOCK)) {
     LOG(("TLSFilterTransaction %p read segment blocked found rv=%x\n",
-         this, rv));
+         this, static_cast<uint32_t>(rv)));
     Connection()->ForceSend();
   }
 
-  return rv;
+  return NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) ? mReadSegmentReturnValue : rv;
 }
 
 nsresult
@@ -466,7 +466,10 @@ TLSFilterTransaction::Notify(nsITimer *timer)
   if (timer != mTimer) {
     return NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED;
   }
-  StartTimerCallback();
+  nsresult rv = StartTimerCallback();
+  if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
+    Close(rv);
+  }
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
@@ -480,7 +483,7 @@ TLSFilterTransaction::StartTimerCallback()
     // This class can be called re-entrantly, so cleanup m* before ->on()
     RefPtr<NudgeTunnelCallback> cb(mNudgeCallback);
     mNudgeCallback = nullptr;
-    cb->OnTunnelNudged(this);
+    return cb->OnTunnelNudged(this);
   }
   return NS_OK;
 }
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/http/TunnelUtils.h b/netwerk/protocol/http/TunnelUtils.h
index 7e491a0d7..4a003082e 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/http/TunnelUtils.h
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/http/TunnelUtils.h
@@ -93,10 +93,11 @@ class TLSFilterTransaction;
 class NudgeTunnelCallback : public nsISupports
 {
 public:
-  virtual void OnTunnelNudged(TLSFilterTransaction *) = 0;
+  virtual nsresult OnTunnelNudged(TLSFilterTransaction *) = 0;
 };
 
-#define NS_DECL_NUDGETUNNELCALLBACK void OnTunnelNudged(TLSFilterTransaction *) override;
+#define NS_DECL_NUDGETUNNELCALLBACK \
+  nsresult OnTunnelNudged(TLSFilterTransaction *) override;
 
 class TLSFilterTransaction final
   : public nsAHttpTransaction
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ private:
 
   nsresult mFilterReadCode;
   bool mForce;
-  bool mReadSegmentBlocked;
+  nsresult mReadSegmentReturnValue;
   uint32_t mNudgeCounter;
 };
 
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnection.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnection.cpp
index 71a08e177..505d849c0 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnection.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnection.cpp
@@ -535,16 +535,16 @@ npnComplete:
     return true;
 }
 
-void
+nsresult
 nsHttpConnection::OnTunnelNudged(TLSFilterTransaction *trans)
 {
     MOZ_ASSERT(PR_GetCurrentThread() == gSocketThread);
     LOG(("nsHttpConnection::OnTunnelNudged %p\n", this));
     if (trans != mTLSFilter) {
-        return;
+        return NS_OK;
     }
     LOG(("nsHttpConnection::OnTunnelNudged %p Calling OnSocketWritable\n", this));
-    OnSocketWritable();
+    return OnSocketWritable();
 }
 
 // called on the socket thread