diff --git a/src/hio/core/tcp/serving.py b/src/hio/core/tcp/serving.py
index 02c875ed..aadbd915 100644
--- a/src/hio/core/tcp/serving.py
+++ b/src/hio/core/tcp/serving.py
@@ -271,12 +271,22 @@ def serviceAxes(self):
         self.serviceAccepts()  # populate .axes
         while self.axes:
             cs, ca = self.axes.popleft()
-            if ca != cs.getpeername() or self.eha[1] != cs.getsockname()[1]: # only port on eha
+            try:
+                peer = cs.getpeername()
+                ha = cs.getsockname()
+            except OSError as ex:
+                logger.debug("Discarding unusable accepted socket from %s.\n%s\n",
+                             ca, ex)
+                cs.close()
+                continue
+
+            if ca != peer or self.eha[1] != ha[1]: # only port on eha
+                cs.close()
                 raise ValueError("Accepted socket host addresses malformed for "
                                  "peer. ca {0} != {1} or ha port {2} != {3}\n"
-                                 "".format(ca, cs.getpeername(), self.eha, cs.getsockname()))
+                                 "".format(ca, peer, self.eha, ha))
             remoter = Remoter(tymth=self.tymth,
-                              ha=cs.getsockname(),
+                              ha=ha,
                               ca=ca,
                               cs=cs,
                               bs=self.bs,
@@ -556,12 +566,22 @@ def serviceAxes(self):
         self.serviceAccepts()  # populate .axes
         while self.axes:
             cs, ca = self.axes.popleft()
-            if ca != cs.getpeername() or self.eha[1] != cs.getsockname()[1]: # only port on eha
+            try:
+                peer = cs.getpeername()
+                ha = cs.getsockname()
+            except OSError as ex:
+                logger.debug("Discarding unusable accepted socket from %s.\n%s\n",
+                             ca, ex)
+                cs.close()
+                continue
+
+            if ca != peer or self.eha[1] != ha[1]: # only port on eha
+                cs.close()
                 raise ValueError("Accepted socket host addresses malformed for "
                                  "peer. ca {0} != {1} or ha port {2} != {3}\n"
-                                 "".format(ca, cs.getpeername(), self.eha, cs.getsockname()))
+                                 "".format(ca, peer, self.eha, ha))
             remoter = RemoterTls(tymth=self.tymth,
-                                 ha=cs.getsockname(),
+                                 ha=ha,
                                  ca=ca,
                                  bs=self.bs,
                                  cs=cs,
diff --git a/tests/core/tcp/test_tcp.py b/tests/core/tcp/test_tcp.py
index 19890c6e..9664c389 100644
--- a/tests/core/tcp/test_tcp.py
+++ b/tests/core/tcp/test_tcp.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 """
 import pytest
+from unittest import mock
 
 import platform
 import sys
@@ -472,6 +473,68 @@ def test_tcp_basic():
 
     """Done Test"""
 
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "server_cls, remoter_attr",
+    ((tcp.Server, "ixes"), (tcp.ServerTls, "cxes")),
+    ids=("tcp", "tls"),
+)
+def test_server_discards_unusable_accepted_socket(server_cls, remoter_attr):
+    """
+    Test discarding an unusable socket while servicing later accepts.
+    """
+    tymist = tyming.Tymist()
+    with tcp.openServer(cls=server_cls,
+                        tymth=tymist.tymen(),
+                        ha=("127.0.0.1", 0)) as server:
+        # Acceptor does not refresh .eha after binding an ephemeral port.
+        server.eha = server.ha
+        remoters = getattr(server, remoter_attr)
+        dead = None
+
+        try:
+            with socket.create_connection(server.ha) as unusable_client, \
+                 socket.create_connection(server.ha) as healthy_client:
+                unusable_ca = unusable_client.getsockname()
+                healthy_ca = healthy_client.getsockname()
+
+                for _ in range(10):
+                    server.serviceAccepts()
+                    if len(server.axes) == 2:
+                        break
+                    time.sleep(0.05)
+
+                assert len(server.axes) == 2
+                accepted = {ca: cs for cs, ca in server.axes}
+                dead = accepted[unusable_ca]
+                healthy = accepted[healthy_ca]
+
+                # Preserve real I/O while making only the platform-dependent
+                # peer lookup fail, and queue it first to exercise continuation.
+                unusable = mock.Mock(wraps=dead)
+                unusable.getpeername.side_effect = OSError("Socket not connected")
+                server.axes.clear()
+                server.axes.extend(((unusable, unusable_ca),
+                                    (healthy, healthy_ca)))
+
+                server.serviceAxes()
+
+                assert not server.axes
+                assert dead.fileno() == -1
+                assert set(remoters) == {healthy_ca}
+
+        finally:
+            if dead is not None and dead.fileno() != -1:
+                dead.close()
+            while server.axes:
+                cs, _ = server.axes.popleft()
+                cs.close()
+            if isinstance(server, tcp.ServerTls):
+                for remoter in server.cxes.values():
+                    remoter.close()
+                server.cxes.clear()
+
+
 def test_tcp_service():
     """
     Test Classes tcp service methods