diff --git a/hgext/lfs/blobstore.py b/hgext/lfs/blobstore.py
--- a/hgext/lfs/blobstore.py
+++ b/hgext/lfs/blobstore.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 import json
 import os
 import re
+import socket
 
 from mercurial.i18n import _
 
@@ -286,7 +287,7 @@ class _gitlfsremote(object):
                         self._basictransfer(obj, action, localstore)
                         yield 1, obj.get('oid')
                         break
-                    except Exception as ex:
+                    except socket.error as ex:
                         if retry > 0:
                             if self.ui.verbose:
                                 self.ui.write(
diff --git a/tests/test-lfs-test-server.t b/tests/test-lfs-test-server.t
--- a/tests/test-lfs-test-server.t
+++ b/tests/test-lfs-test-server.t
@@ -146,12 +146,7 @@ Test a corrupted file upload
   pushing to ../repo1
   searching for changes
   lfs: uploading e659058e26b07b39d2a9c7145b3f99b41f797b6621c8076600e9cb7ee88291f0 (17 bytes)
-  lfs: failed: LfsRemoteError('HTTP error: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error (oid=e659058e26b07b39d2a9c7145b3f99b41f797b6621c8076600e9cb7ee88291f0, action=upload)',) (remaining retry 5)
-  lfs: failed: LfsRemoteError('HTTP error: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (oid=e659058e26b07b39d2a9c7145b3f99b41f797b6621c8076600e9cb7ee88291f0, action=upload)',) (remaining retry 4)
-  lfs: failed: LfsRemoteError('HTTP error: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (oid=e659058e26b07b39d2a9c7145b3f99b41f797b6621c8076600e9cb7ee88291f0, action=upload)',) (remaining retry 3)
-  lfs: failed: LfsRemoteError('HTTP error: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (oid=e659058e26b07b39d2a9c7145b3f99b41f797b6621c8076600e9cb7ee88291f0, action=upload)',) (remaining retry 2)
-  lfs: failed: LfsRemoteError('HTTP error: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (oid=e659058e26b07b39d2a9c7145b3f99b41f797b6621c8076600e9cb7ee88291f0, action=upload)',) (remaining retry 1)
-  abort: HTTP error: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (oid=e659058e26b07b39d2a9c7145b3f99b41f797b6621c8076600e9cb7ee88291f0, action=upload)!
+  abort: HTTP error: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error (oid=e659058e26b07b39d2a9c7145b3f99b41f797b6621c8076600e9cb7ee88291f0, action=upload)!
   [255]
 
 Check error message when the remote missed a blob: