diff --git a/redis/connection.py b/redis/connection.py
index a349a0f23b..c1fcb59727 100755
--- a/redis/connection.py
+++ b/redis/connection.py
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ def get_connection(self, command_name, *keys, **options):
             try:
                 if connection.can_read():
                     raise ConnectionError("Connection has data")
-            except ConnectionError:
+            except (ConnectionError, OSError):
                 connection.disconnect()
                 connection.connect()
                 if connection.can_read():