diff --git a/lib/std/Io/net.zig b/lib/std/Io/net.zig
index b691b1501ef4..ee1e93ced21d 100644
--- a/lib/std/Io/net.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Io/net.zig
@@ -1118,8 +1118,14 @@ pub const Socket = struct {
     /// See also:
     /// * `receiveTimeout`
     pub fn receive(s: *const Socket, io: Io, buffer: []u8) ReceiveError!IncomingMessage {
-        var message: IncomingMessage = undefined;
-        assert(1 == try io.vtable.netReceive(io.userdata, s.handle, (&message)[0..1], buffer, .{}, .none));
+        var message: IncomingMessage = .init;
+        const maybe_err, const count = io.vtable.netReceive(io.userdata, s.handle, (&message)[0..1], buffer, .{}, .none);
+        if (maybe_err) |err| switch (err) {
+            // No timeout is passed to `netReceieve`, so it must not return timeout related errors.
+            error.Timeout, error.UnsupportedClock => unreachable,
+            else => |e| return e,
+        };
+        assert(1 == count);
         return message;
     }
 
@@ -1138,8 +1144,10 @@ pub const Socket = struct {
         buffer: []u8,
         timeout: Io.Timeout,
     ) ReceiveTimeoutError!IncomingMessage {
-        var message: IncomingMessage = undefined;
-        assert(1 == try io.vtable.netReceive(io.userdata, s.handle, (&message)[0..1], buffer, .{}, timeout));
+        var message: IncomingMessage = .init;
+        const maybe_err, const count = io.vtable.netReceive(io.userdata, s.handle, (&message)[0..1], buffer, .{}, timeout);
+        if (maybe_err) |err| return err;
+        assert(1 == count);
         return message;
     }