diff --git a/src/fserve.c b/src/fserve.c
index cda10674..94a6e961 100644
--- a/src/fserve.c
+++ b/src/fserve.c
@@ -636,10 +636,7 @@ int fserve_client_create (client_t *httpclient, const char *path)
 
 fail:
     fclose (file);
-    httpclient->respcode = 416;
-    sock_write (httpclient->con->sock,
-            "HTTP/1.0 416 Request Range Not Satisfiable\r\n\r\n");
-    client_destroy (httpclient);
+    client_send_error(httpclient, 416, 1, "Request Range Not Satisfiable\r\n");
     return -1;
 }