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+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const dgram = require('dgram');
+const s = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
+
+s.on('error', common.mustCall((err) => {
+  s.close();
+
+  // Don't check the full error message, as the errno is not important here.
+  assert(/^Error: recvmsg/.test(err));
+  assert.strictEqual(err.syscall, 'recvmsg');
+}));
+
+s.on('message', common.mustNotCall('no message should be received.'));
+s.bind(common.mustCall(() => s._handle.onmessage(-1, s._handle, null, null)));