diff --git a/demos/guide/quic-client-block.c b/demos/guide/quic-client-block.c
index 2c177b4f18..e6cabfef26 100644
--- a/demos/guide/quic-client-block.c
+++ b/demos/guide/quic-client-block.c
@@ -89,10 +89,12 @@ static BIO *create_socket_bio(const char *hostname, const char *port,
     if (sock == -1)
         return NULL;
 
-    /* Create a BIO to wrap the socket*/
+    /* Create a BIO to wrap the socket */
     bio = BIO_new(BIO_s_datagram());
-    if (bio == NULL)
+    if (bio == NULL) {
         BIO_closesocket(sock);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     /*
      * Associate the newly created BIO with the underlying socket. By
diff --git a/demos/guide/quic-client-non-block.c b/demos/guide/quic-client-non-block.c
index e1735c0c5d..61d339c79c 100644
--- a/demos/guide/quic-client-non-block.c
+++ b/demos/guide/quic-client-non-block.c
@@ -90,10 +90,12 @@ static BIO *create_socket_bio(const char *hostname, const char *port,
     if (sock == -1)
         return NULL;
 
-    /* Create a BIO to wrap the socket*/
+    /* Create a BIO to wrap the socket */
     bio = BIO_new(BIO_s_datagram());
-    if (bio == NULL)
+    if (bio == NULL) {
         BIO_closesocket(sock);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     /*
      * Associate the newly created BIO with the underlying socket. By
diff --git a/demos/guide/quic-multi-stream.c b/demos/guide/quic-multi-stream.c
index 8b6567aa83..56db5a98a8 100644
--- a/demos/guide/quic-multi-stream.c
+++ b/demos/guide/quic-multi-stream.c
@@ -90,11 +90,12 @@ static BIO *create_socket_bio(const char *hostname, const char *port,
     if (sock == -1)
         return NULL;
 
-    /* Create a BIO to wrap the socket*/
+    /* Create a BIO to wrap the socket */
     bio = BIO_new(BIO_s_datagram());
-    if (bio == NULL)
+    if (bio == NULL) {
         BIO_closesocket(sock);
-
+        return NULL;
+    }
     /*
      * Associate the newly created BIO with the underlying socket. By
      * passing BIO_CLOSE here the socket will be automatically closed when
diff --git a/demos/guide/tls-client-block.c b/demos/guide/tls-client-block.c
index b2d2a89dd1..75ce7ebcc2 100644
--- a/demos/guide/tls-client-block.c
+++ b/demos/guide/tls-client-block.c
@@ -76,8 +76,10 @@ static BIO *create_socket_bio(const char *hostname, const char *port)
 
     /* Create a BIO to wrap the socket*/
     bio = BIO_new(BIO_s_socket());
-    if (bio == NULL)
+    if (bio == NULL) {
         BIO_closesocket(sock);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     /*
      * Associate the newly created BIO with the underlying socket. By
diff --git a/demos/guide/tls-client-non-block.c b/demos/guide/tls-client-non-block.c
index dc6ee4dce8..14448c9685 100644
--- a/demos/guide/tls-client-non-block.c
+++ b/demos/guide/tls-client-non-block.c
@@ -81,10 +81,12 @@ static BIO *create_socket_bio(const char *hostname, const char *port)
     if (sock == -1)
         return NULL;
 
-    /* Create a BIO to wrap the socket*/
+    /* Create a BIO to wrap the socket */
     bio = BIO_new(BIO_s_socket());
-    if (bio == NULL)
+    if (bio == NULL) {
         BIO_closesocket(sock);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     /*
      * Associate the newly created BIO with the underlying socket. By
diff --git a/doc/man7/ossl-guide-quic-client-block.pod b/doc/man7/ossl-guide-quic-client-block.pod
index 4cf8bdd3b8..fc8912086d 100644
--- a/doc/man7/ossl-guide-quic-client-block.pod
+++ b/doc/man7/ossl-guide-quic-client-block.pod
@@ -165,10 +165,12 @@ associate it with a BIO object:
 
     BIO *bio;
 
-    /* Create a BIO to wrap the socket*/
+    /* Create a BIO to wrap the socket */
     bio = BIO_new(BIO_s_datagram());
-    if (bio == NULL)
+    if (bio == NULL) {
         BIO_closesocket(sock);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     /*
      * Associate the newly created BIO with the underlying socket. By
diff --git a/doc/man7/ossl-guide-tls-client-block.pod b/doc/man7/ossl-guide-tls-client-block.pod
index 236553fafd..865a5353b3 100644
--- a/doc/man7/ossl-guide-tls-client-block.pod
+++ b/doc/man7/ossl-guide-tls-client-block.pod
@@ -222,10 +222,12 @@ BIO object:
 
     BIO *bio;
 
-    /* Create a BIO to wrap the socket*/
+    /* Create a BIO to wrap the socket */
     bio = BIO_new(BIO_s_socket());
-    if (bio == NULL)
+    if (bio == NULL) {
         BIO_closesocket(sock);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     /*
      * Associate the newly created BIO with the underlying socket. By
diff --git a/util/quicserver.c b/util/quicserver.c
index 5a51b240ff..fd9f9399bd 100644
--- a/util/quicserver.c
+++ b/util/quicserver.c
@@ -113,10 +113,12 @@ static BIO *create_dgram_bio(int family, const char *hostname, const char *port)
     if (sock == -1)
         return NULL;
 
-    /* Create a BIO to wrap the socket*/
+    /* Create a BIO to wrap the socket */
     bio = BIO_new(BIO_s_datagram());
-    if (bio == NULL)
+    if (bio == NULL) {
         BIO_closesocket(sock);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     /*
      * Associate the newly created BIO with the underlying socket. By