diff --git a/bufferevent_sock.c b/bufferevent_sock.c
index 22e76032..d731086f 100644
--- a/bufferevent_sock.c
+++ b/bufferevent_sock.c
@@ -401,19 +401,17 @@ bufferevent_socket_connect(struct bufferevent *bev,
 			result = 0;
 			goto done;
 		}
-	} if (r == 1) {
+	} else if (r == 1) {
 		/* The connect succeeded already. How very BSD of it. */
 		result = 0;
 		bufev_p->connecting = 1;
 		event_active(&bev->ev_write, EV_WRITE, 1);
 	} else {
 		/* The connect failed already.  How very BSD of it. */
-		if (! be_socket_enable(bev, EV_WRITE)) {
-			bufev_p->connection_refused = 1;
-			bufev_p->connecting = 1;
-			result = 0;
-			goto done;
-		}
+		bufev_p->connection_refused = 1;
+		bufev_p->connecting = 1;
+		result = 0;
+		event_active(&bev->ev_write, EV_WRITE, 1);
 	}
 
 	goto done;
diff --git a/evutil.c b/evutil.c
index 7df02149..87c66a6e 100644
--- a/evutil.c
+++ b/evutil.c
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ evutil_socket_geterror(evutil_socket_t sock)
 }
 #endif
 
+/* XXX we should use an enum here. */
 /* 2 for connection refused, 1 for connected, 0 for not yet, -1 for error. */
 int
 evutil_socket_connect(evutil_socket_t *fd_ptr, struct sockaddr *sa, int socklen)