diff -up cups-1.7.2/cups/request.c.str4386 cups-1.7.2/cups/request.c
--- cups-1.7.2/cups/request.c.str4386	2014-03-26 21:06:04.000000000 +0000
+++ cups-1.7.2/cups/request.c	2014-04-16 14:02:20.039876149 +0100
@@ -749,9 +749,8 @@ cupsSendRequest(http_t     *http,	/* I -
     got_status     = 0;
 
     while ((state = ippWrite(http, request)) != IPP_STATE_DATA)
-      if (state == IPP_STATE_ERROR)
-	break;
-      else if (httpCheck(http))
+    {
+      if (httpCheck(http))
       {
         got_status = 1;
 
@@ -759,15 +758,24 @@ cupsSendRequest(http_t     *http,	/* I -
 	if (status >= HTTP_STATUS_MULTIPLE_CHOICES)
 	  break;
       }
+      else if (state == IPP_STATE_ERROR)
+	break;
+    }
 
     if (state == IPP_STATE_ERROR)
     {
-      DEBUG_puts("1cupsSendRequest: Unable to send IPP request.");
+      /* We weren't able to send the IPP request. But did we already
+       * get an HTTP error status? */
+      if (!(got_status && status >= HTTP_STATUS_MULTIPLE_CHOICES))
+      {
+	/* No, something else went wrong. */
+	DEBUG_puts("1cupsSendRequest: Unable to send IPP request.");
 
-      http->status = HTTP_STATUS_ERROR;
-      http->state  = HTTP_STATE_WAITING;
+	http->status = HTTP_STATUS_ERROR;
+	http->state  = HTTP_STATE_WAITING;
 
-      return (HTTP_STATUS_ERROR);
+	return (HTTP_STATUS_ERROR);
+      }
     }
 
    /*