diff --git a/hiredis.c b/hiredis.c
index 2506d51..629f43e 100644
--- a/hiredis.c
+++ b/hiredis.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include "fmacros.h"
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -605,8 +604,7 @@ static redisContext *redisContextInit(const redisOptions *options) {
 void redisFree(redisContext *c) {
     if (c == NULL)
         return;
-    if (c->fd > 0)
-        close(c->fd);
+    redisNetClose(c);
 
     sdsfree(c->obuf);
     redisReaderFree(c->reader);
@@ -633,9 +631,7 @@ int redisReconnect(redisContext *c) {
     c->err = 0;
     memset(c->errstr, '\0', strlen(c->errstr));
 
-    if (c->fd > 0) {
-        close(c->fd);
-    }
+    redisNetClose(c);
 
     sdsfree(c->obuf);
     redisReaderFree(c->reader);
@@ -776,24 +772,6 @@ int redisEnableKeepAlive(redisContext *c) {
     return REDIS_OK;
 }
 
-static int rawRead(redisContext *c, char *buf, size_t bufcap) {
-    int nread = read(c->fd, buf, bufcap);
-    if (nread == -1) {
-        if ((errno == EAGAIN && !(c->flags & REDIS_BLOCK)) || (errno == EINTR)) {
-            /* Try again later */
-            return 0;
-        } else {
-            __redisSetError(c, REDIS_ERR_IO, NULL);
-            return -1;
-        }
-    } else if (nread == 0) {
-        __redisSetError(c, REDIS_ERR_EOF, "Server closed the connection");
-        return -1;
-    } else {
-        return nread;
-    }
-}
-
 /* Use this function to handle a read event on the descriptor. It will try
  * and read some bytes from the socket and feed them to the reply parser.
  *
@@ -808,7 +786,7 @@ int redisBufferRead(redisContext *c) {
         return REDIS_ERR;
 
     nread = c->flags & REDIS_SSL ?
-        redisSslRead(c, buf, sizeof(buf)) : rawRead(c, buf, sizeof(buf));
+        redisSslRead(c, buf, sizeof(buf)) : redisNetRead(c, buf, sizeof(buf));
     if (nread > 0) {
         if (redisReaderFeed(c->reader, buf, nread) != REDIS_OK) {
             __redisSetError(c, c->reader->err, c->reader->errstr);
@@ -821,19 +799,6 @@ int redisBufferRead(redisContext *c) {
     return REDIS_OK;
 }
 
-static int rawWrite(redisContext *c) {
-    int nwritten = write(c->fd, c->obuf, sdslen(c->obuf));
-    if (nwritten < 0) {
-        if ((errno == EAGAIN && !(c->flags & REDIS_BLOCK)) || (errno == EINTR)) {
-            /* Try again later */
-        } else {
-            __redisSetError(c, REDIS_ERR_IO, NULL);
-            return -1;
-        }
-    }
-    return nwritten;
-}
-
 /* Write the output buffer to the socket.
  *
  * Returns REDIS_OK when the buffer is empty, or (a part of) the buffer was
@@ -850,7 +815,7 @@ int redisBufferWrite(redisContext *c, int *done) {
         return REDIS_ERR;
 
     if (sdslen(c->obuf) > 0) {
-        int nwritten = (c->flags & REDIS_SSL) ? redisSslWrite(c) : rawWrite(c);
+        int nwritten = (c->flags & REDIS_SSL) ? redisSslWrite(c) : redisNetWrite(c);
         if (nwritten < 0) {
             return REDIS_ERR;
         } else if (nwritten > 0) {
diff --git a/net.c b/net.c
index 3cd0402..a1913cd 100644
--- a/net.c
+++ b/net.c
@@ -57,13 +57,44 @@
 /* Defined in hiredis.c */
 void __redisSetError(redisContext *c, int type, const char *str);
 
-static void redisContextCloseFd(redisContext *c) {
+void redisNetClose(redisContext *c) {
     if (c && c->fd >= 0) {
         close(c->fd);
         c->fd = -1;
     }
 }
 
+int redisNetRead(redisContext *c, char *buf, size_t bufcap) {
+    int nread = read(c->fd, buf, bufcap);
+    if (nread == -1) {
+        if ((errno == EAGAIN && !(c->flags & REDIS_BLOCK)) || (errno == EINTR)) {
+            /* Try again later */
+            return 0;
+        } else {
+            __redisSetError(c, REDIS_ERR_IO, NULL);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    } else if (nread == 0) {
+        __redisSetError(c, REDIS_ERR_EOF, "Server closed the connection");
+        return -1;
+    } else {
+        return nread;
+    }
+}
+
+int redisNetWrite(redisContext *c) {
+    int nwritten = write(c->fd, c->obuf, sdslen(c->obuf));
+    if (nwritten < 0) {
+        if ((errno == EAGAIN && !(c->flags & REDIS_BLOCK)) || (errno == EINTR)) {
+            /* Try again later */
+        } else {
+            __redisSetError(c, REDIS_ERR_IO, NULL);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+    return nwritten;
+}
+
 static void __redisSetErrorFromErrno(redisContext *c, int type, const char *prefix) {
     int errorno = errno;  /* snprintf() may change errno */
     char buf[128] = { 0 };
@@ -79,7 +110,7 @@ static int redisSetReuseAddr(redisContext *c) {
     int on = 1;
     if (setsockopt(c->fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &on, sizeof(on)) == -1) {
         __redisSetErrorFromErrno(c,REDIS_ERR_IO,NULL);
-        redisContextCloseFd(c);
+        redisNetClose(c);
         return REDIS_ERR;
     }
     return REDIS_OK;
@@ -108,7 +139,7 @@ static int redisSetBlocking(redisContext *c, int blocking) {
      * interrupted by a signal. */
     if ((flags = fcntl(c->fd, F_GETFL)) == -1) {
         __redisSetErrorFromErrno(c,REDIS_ERR_IO,"fcntl(F_GETFL)");
-        redisContextCloseFd(c);
+        redisNetClose(c);
         return REDIS_ERR;
     }
 
@@ -119,7 +150,7 @@ static int redisSetBlocking(redisContext *c, int blocking) {
 
     if (fcntl(c->fd, F_SETFL, flags) == -1) {
         __redisSetErrorFromErrno(c,REDIS_ERR_IO,"fcntl(F_SETFL)");
-        redisContextCloseFd(c);
+        redisNetClose(c);
         return REDIS_ERR;
     }
     return REDIS_OK;
@@ -170,7 +201,7 @@ static int redisSetTcpNoDelay(redisContext *c) {
     int yes = 1;
     if (setsockopt(c->fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &yes, sizeof(yes)) == -1) {
         __redisSetErrorFromErrno(c,REDIS_ERR_IO,"setsockopt(TCP_NODELAY)");
-        redisContextCloseFd(c);
+        redisNetClose(c);
         return REDIS_ERR;
     }
     return REDIS_OK;
@@ -212,12 +243,12 @@ static int redisContextWaitReady(redisContext *c, long msec) {
 
         if ((res = poll(wfd, 1, msec)) == -1) {
             __redisSetErrorFromErrno(c, REDIS_ERR_IO, "poll(2)");
-            redisContextCloseFd(c);
+            redisNetClose(c);
             return REDIS_ERR;
         } else if (res == 0) {
             errno = ETIMEDOUT;
             __redisSetErrorFromErrno(c,REDIS_ERR_IO,NULL);
-            redisContextCloseFd(c);
+            redisNetClose(c);
             return REDIS_ERR;
         }
 
@@ -230,7 +261,7 @@ static int redisContextWaitReady(redisContext *c, long msec) {
     }
 
     __redisSetErrorFromErrno(c,REDIS_ERR_IO,NULL);
-    redisContextCloseFd(c);
+    redisNetClose(c);
     return REDIS_ERR;
 }
 
@@ -410,7 +441,7 @@ addrretry:
 
         if (connect(s,p->ai_addr,p->ai_addrlen) == -1) {
             if (errno == EHOSTUNREACH) {
-                redisContextCloseFd(c);
+                redisNetClose(c);
                 continue;
             } else if (errno == EINPROGRESS) {
                 if (blocking) {
@@ -424,7 +455,7 @@ addrretry:
                 if (++reuses >= REDIS_CONNECT_RETRIES) {
                     goto error;
                 } else {
-                    redisContextCloseFd(c);
+                    redisNetClose(c);
                     goto addrretry;
                 }
             } else {
diff --git a/net.h b/net.h
index a11594e..a4393c0 100644
--- a/net.h
+++ b/net.h
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
 
 #include "hiredis.h"
 
+void redisNetClose(redisContext *c);
+int redisNetRead(redisContext *c, char *buf, size_t bufcap);
+int redisNetWrite(redisContext *c);
+
 int redisCheckSocketError(redisContext *c);
 int redisContextSetTimeout(redisContext *c, const struct timeval tv);
 int redisContextConnectTcp(redisContext *c, const char *addr, int port, const struct timeval *timeout);