diff --git a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/ClientConnector.java b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/ClientConnector.java
index 414db0623366..c62310d84a81 100644
--- a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/ClientConnector.java
+++ b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/ClientConnector.java
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ private <T> void setSocketOption(SocketChannel channel, SocketOption<T> option,
         catch (Throwable x)
         {
             if (LOG.isDebugEnabled())
-                LOG.debug("Could not configure {} to {} on {}", option, value, channel);
+                LOG.debug("Could not configure {} to {} on {}", option, value, channel, x);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ServerConnector.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ServerConnector.java
index 25592a2260d0..4468c21fe02d 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ServerConnector.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ServerConnector.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.net.ServerSocket;
 import java.net.Socket;
 import java.net.SocketException;
+import java.net.SocketOption;
 import java.net.StandardSocketOptions;
 import java.nio.channels.Channel;
 import java.nio.channels.SelectableChannel;
@@ -332,10 +333,10 @@ protected ServerSocketChannel openAcceptChannel() throws IOException
         {
             InetSocketAddress bindAddress = getHost() == null ? new InetSocketAddress(getPort()) : new InetSocketAddress(getHost(), getPort());
             serverChannel = ServerSocketChannel.open();
+            setSocketOption(serverChannel, StandardSocketOptions.SO_REUSEADDR, getReuseAddress());
+            setSocketOption(serverChannel, StandardSocketOptions.SO_REUSEPORT, isReusePort());
             try
             {
-                serverChannel.setOption(StandardSocketOptions.SO_REUSEADDR, getReuseAddress());
-                serverChannel.setOption(StandardSocketOptions.SO_REUSEPORT, isReusePort());
                 serverChannel.bind(bindAddress, getAcceptQueueSize());
             }
             catch (Throwable e)
@@ -348,6 +349,19 @@ protected ServerSocketChannel openAcceptChannel() throws IOException
         return serverChannel;
     }
 
+    private <T> void setSocketOption(ServerSocketChannel channel, SocketOption<T> option, T value)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            channel.setOption(option, value);
+        }
+        catch (Throwable x)
+        {
+            if (LOG.isDebugEnabled())
+                LOG.debug("Could not configure {} to {} on {}", option, value, channel, x);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void close()
     {