diff --git a/sys/net/application_layer/emcute/emcute.c b/sys/net/application_layer/emcute/emcute.c
index 81ae2a7fe0..b2ec223294 100644
--- a/sys/net/application_layer/emcute/emcute.c
+++ b/sys/net/application_layer/emcute/emcute.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ void emcute_run(uint16_t port, const char *id)
 
         if ((len < 0) && (len != -ETIMEDOUT)) {
             LOG_ERROR("[emcute] error while receiving UDP packet\n");
-            return;
+            continue;
         }
 
         if (len >= 2) {