diff --git a/src/event/SocketEvent.cxx b/src/event/SocketEvent.cxx
index e1d39747a..b506e1e13 100644
--- a/src/event/SocketEvent.cxx
+++ b/src/event/SocketEvent.cxx
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ SocketEvent::Close() noexcept
 	fd.Close();
 }
 
+void
+SocketEvent::Abandon() noexcept
+{
+	if (std::exchange(scheduled_flags, 0) != 0)
+		loop.AbandonFD(fd.Get());
+
+	fd = SocketDescriptor::Undefined();
+}
+
 bool
 SocketEvent::Schedule(unsigned flags) noexcept
 {
@@ -85,15 +94,6 @@ SocketEvent::Schedule(unsigned flags) noexcept
 	return success;
 }
 
-void
-SocketEvent::Abandon() noexcept
-{
-	if (std::exchange(scheduled_flags, 0) != 0)
-		loop.AbandonFD(fd.Get());
-
-	fd = SocketDescriptor::Undefined();
-}
-
 void
 SocketEvent::Dispatch() noexcept
 {