diff --git a/src/socket_wrapper.c b/src/socket_wrapper.c
index ef87519a19c96e8fa7ba200185637e4ef8dc3f46..5804e936ff791953d040301a7a8106b004cd30ad 100644
--- a/src/socket_wrapper.c
+++ b/src/socket_wrapper.c
@@ -3815,7 +3815,6 @@ static int swrap_auto_bind(int fd, struct socket_info *si, int family)
 	char type;
 	int ret;
 	int port;
-	struct stat st;
 	char *swrap_dir = NULL;
 
 	swrap_mutex_lock(&autobind_start_mutex);
@@ -3916,10 +3915,12 @@ static int swrap_auto_bind(int fd, struct socket_info *si, int family)
 			      type,
 			      socket_wrapper_default_iface(),
 			      port);
-		if (stat(un_addr.sa.un.sun_path, &st) == 0) continue;
 
 		ret = libc_bind(fd, &un_addr.sa.s, un_addr.sa_socklen);
 		if (ret == -1) {
+			if (errno == EALREADY || errno == EADDRINUSE) {
+				continue;
+			}
 			goto done;
 		}