diff --git a/src/core/gdb_server.cpp b/src/core/gdb_server.cpp
index 5e9c21027..ec1efcf73 100644
--- a/src/core/gdb_server.cpp
+++ b/src/core/gdb_server.cpp
@@ -672,8 +672,11 @@ void GDBServer::ClientSocket::SendPacket(std::string_view sv)
     return;
 
   DEBUG_LOG("Send reply: {}", sv);
-  if (size_t written = Write(sv.data(), sv.length()); written != sv.length())
+  if (size_t written = Write(sv.data(), sv.length(), false); written != sv.length())
+  {
     ERROR_LOG("Only wrote {} of {} bytes.", written, sv.length());
+    Close();
+  }
 }
 
 void GDBServer::ClientSocket::OnSystemPaused(u8 signal)
diff --git a/src/util/sockets.cpp b/src/util/sockets.cpp
index 6c63d0e28..f67198b60 100644
--- a/src/util/sockets.cpp
+++ b/src/util/sockets.cpp
@@ -1072,13 +1072,13 @@ size_t BufferedStreamSocket::Read(void* buffer, size_t buffer_size)
   return bytes_to_read;
 }
 
-size_t BufferedStreamSocket::Write(const void* buffer, size_t buffer_size)
+size_t BufferedStreamSocket::Write(const void* buffer, size_t buffer_size, bool allow_smaller /* = true */)
 {
   if (!m_connected)
     return 0;
 
   // Read from receive buffer.
-  const std::span<u8> wrbuf = AcquireWriteBuffer(buffer_size, true);
+  const std::span<u8> wrbuf = AcquireWriteBuffer(buffer_size, allow_smaller);
   if (wrbuf.empty())
     return 0;
 
diff --git a/src/util/sockets.h b/src/util/sockets.h
index 0ce6330a4..0150122d5 100644
--- a/src/util/sockets.h
+++ b/src/util/sockets.h
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ public:
 
   // Hide StreamSocket read/write methods.
   size_t Read(void* buffer, size_t buffer_size);
-  size_t Write(const void* buffer, size_t buffer_size);
+  size_t Write(const void* buffer, size_t buffer_size, bool allow_smaller = true);
   size_t WriteVector(const void** buffers, const size_t* buffer_lengths, size_t num_buffers);
   virtual void Close() override;