diff --git a/lib/resty/logger/socket.lua b/lib/resty/logger/socket.lua
index a197afe..a4ebfae 100644
--- a/lib/resty/logger/socket.lua
+++ b/lib/resty/logger/socket.lua
@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ local function _flush(premature, self)
                         .. "failed after " .. self.max_retry_times .. " retries: "
                         .. err
         _write_error(self, err_msg)
-        return nil, err_msg
     else
         if debug then
             ngx_log(DEBUG, "send " .. bytes .. " bytes")
diff --git a/t/udp_limit.t b/t/udp_limit.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e48c174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/udp_limit.t
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+# vim:set ft= ts=4 sw=4 et:
+
+use Test::Nginx::Socket::Lua;
+use Cwd qw(cwd);
+
+repeat_each(2);
+
+use Test::Nginx::Socket "no_plan";
+our $HtmlDir = html_dir;
+
+our $pwd = cwd();
+
+our $HttpConfig = qq{
+    lua_package_path "$pwd/lib/?.lua;;";
+    lua_package_cpath "/usr/local/openresty-debug/lualib/?.so;/usr/local/openresty/lualib/?.so;;";
+};
+
+$ENV{TEST_NGINX_RESOLVER} = '8.8.8.8';
+$ENV{TEST_NGINX_HTML_DIR} = $HtmlDir;
+
+no_long_string();
+
+log_level('info');
+
+run_tests();
+
+__DATA__
+
+=== TEST 1: UDP oversized log dropped, subsequent logs work
+--- http_config eval
+"$::HttpConfig"
+--- config
+    location = /t {
+        content_by_lua_block {
+            collectgarbage()
+
+            package.loaded["resty.logger.socket"] = nil
+            
+            -- we try to create a new udp socket and override the send method
+            local old_udp = ngx.socket.udp
+            ngx.socket.udp = function()
+                local sock, err = old_udp()
+                if not sock then return nil, err end
+                
+                local proxy = {}
+                local mt = {
+                    __index = function(t, k)
+                        return function(self, ...)
+                            return sock[k](sock, ...)
+                        end
+                    end
+                }
+                setmetatable(proxy, mt)
+                
+                proxy.send = function(self, data)
+                    if #data > 65000 then
+                        return nil, "Message too long"
+                    end
+                    return sock:send(data)
+                end
+                
+                return proxy
+            end
+
+            local logger_socket = require "resty.logger.socket"
+            local logger, err = logger_socket:new({
+                    host = "127.0.0.1",
+                    port = 29999,
+                    flush_limit = 100000,
+                    sock_type = "udp",
+                    max_retry_times = 0,
+            })
+            if not logger then
+                ngx.say("failed to init logger: ", err)
+                return
+            end
+
+            -- exceeed the max payload size of UDP
+            local big_msg = string.rep("a", 70000)
+            
+            local bytes, err = logger:log(big_msg)
+            ngx.say("log big bytes: ", bytes)
+            
+            -- this should fail
+            local bytes, err = logger:flush(logger)
+            ngx.say("flush big ret: ", bytes, " err: ", err)
+
+            -- after flush send another message and then flushing should succeed
+            local small_msg = "hello world"
+            local bytes, err = logger:log(small_msg)
+            ngx.say("log small bytes: ", bytes, " err: ", err)
+            
+            local bytes, err = logger:flush(logger)
+            ngx.say("flush small ret: ", bytes, " err: ", err)
+            
+            ngx.say("done")
+            
+        }
+    }
+--- request
+GET /t
+--- wait: 0.1
+--- udp_listen: 29999
+--- udp_reply:
+--- udp_query: hello world
+--- response_body_like
+log big bytes: \d+
+flush big ret: nil err: nil
+log small bytes: 11 err: try to send log messages to the log server failed after 0 retries: Message too long
+flush small ret: \w+ err: nil
+done