diff --git a/nsock/src/nsock_connect.c b/nsock/src/nsock_connect.c
index e9583fbc9..a6c43de90 100644
--- a/nsock/src/nsock_connect.c
+++ b/nsock/src/nsock_connect.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int nsock_make_socket(mspool *ms, msiod *iod, int family, int type, int p
   if (ms->device)
     mksock_bind_device(ms, iod);
 
-  if (ms->broadcast)
+  if (ms->broadcast && type != SOCK_STREAM)
     mksock_set_broadcast(ms, iod);
 
   /* mksock_* functions can raise warnings/errors