diff --git a/websocket.py b/websocket.py
index cf8f423..3d0e729 100644
--- a/websocket.py
+++ b/websocket.py
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ Sec-WebSocket-Accept: %s\r
             except ssl.SSLError:
                 _, x, _ = sys.exc_info()
                 if x.args[0] == ssl.SSL_ERROR_EOF:
-                    raise self.EClose("")
+                    raise self.EClose(x.args[1])
                 else:
                     raise