diff --git a/src/socket.io/index.js b/src/socket.io/index.js
index 6d07cfa991..eeba1bf9b0 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/index.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/index.js
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ async function onConnect(socket) {
 	} catch (e) {
 		if (e.message === '[[error:invalid-session]]') {
 			socket.emit('event:invalid_session');
-			return;
 		}
-		throw e;
+
+		return;
 	}
 
 	if (socket.uid) {
@@ -208,12 +208,12 @@ async function validateSession(socket, errorMsg) {
 	if (!sessionData) {
 		throw new Error(errorMsg);
 	}
-	const result = await plugins.hooks.fire('static:sockets.validateSession', {
+
+	await plugins.hooks.fire('static:sockets.validateSession', {
 		req: req,
 		socket: socket,
 		session: sessionData,
 	});
-	return result;
 }
 
 const cookieParserAsync = util.promisify((req, callback) => cookieParser(req, {}, err => callback(err)));