diff --git a/gst/udp/gstudpsrc.c b/gst/udp/gstudpsrc.c
index 8fdb86800d..b6b2e20f63 100644
--- a/gst/udp/gstudpsrc.c
+++ b/gst/udp/gstudpsrc.c
@@ -576,10 +576,12 @@ retry:
       NULL, NULL, &flags, udpsrc->cancellable, &err);
 
   if (G_UNLIKELY (res < 0)) {
-    /* EHOSTUNREACH for a UDP socket means that a packet sent with udpsink
-     * generated a "port unreachable" ICMP response. We ignore that and try
-     * again. */
-    if (g_error_matches (err, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_HOST_UNREACHABLE)) {
+    /* G_IO_ERROR_HOST_UNREACHABLE for a UDP socket means that a packet sent
+     * with udpsink generated a "port unreachable" ICMP response. We ignore
+     * that and try again.
+     * On Windows we get G_IO_ERROR_CONNECTION_CLOSED instead */
+    if (g_error_matches (err, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_HOST_UNREACHABLE) ||
+        g_error_matches (err, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_CONNECTION_CLOSED)) {
       g_clear_error (&err);
       goto retry;
     }