diff --git a/aioesphomeapi/_frame_helper/base.pxd b/aioesphomeapi/_frame_helper/base.pxd
index 9b5a389..187be7a 100644
--- a/aioesphomeapi/_frame_helper/base.pxd
+++ b/aioesphomeapi/_frame_helper/base.pxd
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from ..connection cimport APIConnection
 
 
 cdef bint TYPE_CHECKING
-cdef object WRITE_EXCEPTIONS
 
 cdef class APIFrameHelper:
 
diff --git a/aioesphomeapi/_frame_helper/base.py b/aioesphomeapi/_frame_helper/base.py
index 624f6f0..d0d0407 100644
--- a/aioesphomeapi/_frame_helper/base.py
+++ b/aioesphomeapi/_frame_helper/base.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ SOCKET_ERRORS = (
     TimeoutError,
 )
 
-WRITE_EXCEPTIONS = (RuntimeError, ConnectionResetError, OSError)
 
 _int = int
 _bytes = bytes
@@ -189,9 +188,4 @@ class APIFrameHelper:
         if TYPE_CHECKING:
             assert self._writer is not None, "Writer is not set"
 
-        try:
-            self._writer(data)
-        except WRITE_EXCEPTIONS as err:
-            raise SocketClosedAPIError(
-                f"{self._log_name}: Error while writing data: {err}"
-            ) from err
+        self._writer(data)
diff --git a/aioesphomeapi/connection.pxd b/aioesphomeapi/connection.pxd
index 110b919..62aa99c 100644
--- a/aioesphomeapi/connection.pxd
+++ b/aioesphomeapi/connection.pxd
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ cdef object HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT
 
 cdef bint TYPE_CHECKING
 
+cdef object WRITE_EXCEPTIONS
+
 cdef object DISCONNECT_REQUEST_MESSAGE
 cdef tuple DISCONNECT_RESPONSE_MESSAGES
 cdef tuple PING_REQUEST_MESSAGES
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ cdef object ReadFailedAPIError
 cdef object TimeoutAPIError
 cdef object SocketAPIError
 cdef object InvalidAuthAPIError
+cdef object SocketClosedAPIError
 
 cdef object astuple
 
@@ -57,8 +60,8 @@ cdef object CONNECTION_STATE_CLOSED
 
 cdef object make_hello_request
 
-cpdef handle_timeout(object fut)
-cpdef handle_complex_message(
+cpdef void handle_timeout(object fut)
+cpdef void handle_complex_message(
     object fut,
     list responses,
     object do_append,
@@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ cdef class APIConnection:
 
     cdef void _set_connection_state(self, object state)
 
-    cpdef report_fatal_error(self, Exception err)
+    cpdef void report_fatal_error(self, Exception err)
 
     @cython.locals(handlers=set)
     cdef void _add_message_callback_without_remove(self, object on_message, tuple msg_types)
diff --git a/aioesphomeapi/connection.py b/aioesphomeapi/connection.py
index 2a30bcd..840d4e6 100644
--- a/aioesphomeapi/connection.py
+++ b/aioesphomeapi/connection.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ from .core import (
     ReadFailedAPIError,
     ResolveAPIError,
     SocketAPIError,
+    SocketClosedAPIError,
     TimeoutAPIError,
     UnhandledAPIConnectionError,
 )
@@ -95,6 +96,8 @@ CONNECT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 30.0
 # to reboot and connect to the network/WiFi.
 TCP_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = 60.0
 
+WRITE_EXCEPTIONS = (RuntimeError, ConnectionResetError, OSError)
+
 
 _int = int
 _bytes = bytes
@@ -667,12 +670,16 @@ class APIConnection:
 
         try:
             self._frame_helper.write_packets(packets, debug_enabled)
-        except SocketAPIError as err:
+        except WRITE_EXCEPTIONS as err:
             # If writing packet fails, we don't know what state the frames
             # are in anymore and we have to close the connection
             _LOGGER.info("%s: Error writing packets: %s", self.log_name, err)
-            self.report_fatal_error(err)
-            raise
+            wrapped_err = SocketClosedAPIError(
+                f"{self.log_name}: Error writing packets: {err}"
+            )
+            wrapped_err.__cause__ = err
+            self.report_fatal_error(wrapped_err)
+            raise wrapped_err from err
 
     def _add_message_callback_without_remove(
         self, on_message: Callable[[Any], None], msg_types: tuple[type[Any], ...]