diff --git a/rhn/connections.py b/rhn/connections.py

index c237fc4677..d615a8c063 100644

--- a/rhn/connections.py

+++ b/rhn/connections.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@

 # $Id$

-

+import sys

 import base64

 import SSL

 import nonblocking

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import httplib

 import xmlrpclib

 import encodings.idna

 import socket

+import errno

 from platform import python_version

 # Import into the local namespace some httplib-related names

@@ -169,16 +170,13 @@ class HTTPSConnection(HTTPConnection):

             af, socktype, proto, canonname, sa = r

             try:

                 sock = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto)

-            except socket.error, msg:

-                sock = None

-                continue

-

-            try:

                 sock.connect((self.host, self.port))

                 sock.settimeout(self.timeout)

-            except socket.error, e:

-                sock.close()

-                sock = None

+            except socket.error:

+                e = sys.exc_info()[1]

+                if e.errno != errno.EINTR:

+                    sock.close()

+                    sock = None

                 continue

             break

diff --git a/rhnlib.spec b/rhnlib.spec

index 1b85fb24fe..8828a35524 100644

--- a/rhnlib.spec

+++ b/rhnlib.spec

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Name: rhnlib

 URL:     https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk

 Source0: https://fedorahosted.org/releases/s/p/spacewalk/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz

 Version: 2.5.65

-Release: 1%{?dist}

+Release: 2%{?dist}

 Group: Development/Libraries

 License: GPLv2

@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT

 %{python_sitelib}/*

 %changelog

+* Mon Mar 06 2017 Gennadii Altukhov <galt@redhat.com> 2.5.65-2

+- fix except in rhnlib to make it compatible with Python 2.4 (galt@redhat.com)

+- 1409577 - Reboot loop - rhn_check, rhnsd (jdostal@redhat.com)

+

 * Wed Jul 17 2013 Tomas Kasparek <tkasparek@redhat.com> 2.5.65-1

 - updating copyright years