diff --git a/arp.c b/arp.c
index a35c1b6..113cda2 100644
--- a/arp.c
+++ b/arp.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ int arp(const struct ctx *c, const struct pool *p)
 	struct arphdr *ah;
 	struct arpmsg *am;
 	size_t len;
-	int ret;
 
 	eh = packet_get(p, 0, 0,			 sizeof(*eh), NULL);
 	ah = packet_get(p, 0, sizeof(*eh),		 sizeof(*ah), NULL);
@@ -83,8 +82,7 @@ int arp(const struct ctx *c, const struct pool *p)
 	memcpy(eh->h_dest,	eh->h_source,	sizeof(eh->h_dest));
 	memcpy(eh->h_source,	c->mac,		sizeof(eh->h_source));
 
-	if ((ret = tap_send(c, eh, len)) < 0)
-		warn("ARP: send: %s", strerror(ret));
+	tap_send_single(c, eh, len);
 
 	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/tap.c b/tap.c
index b6cc14c..13e4da7 100644
--- a/tap.c
+++ b/tap.c
@@ -67,28 +67,28 @@ static PACKET_POOL_NOINIT(pool_tap6, TAP_MSGS, pkt_buf);
 #define FRAGMENT_MSG_RATE	10  /* # seconds between fragment warnings */
 
 /**
- * tap_send() - Send frame, with qemu socket header if needed
+ * tap_send_single() - Send a single frame
  * @c:		Execution context
  * @data:	Packet buffer
  * @len:	Total L2 packet length
- *
- * Return: return code from send() or write()
  */
-int tap_send(const struct ctx *c, const void *data, size_t len)
+void tap_send_single(const struct ctx *c, const void *data, size_t len)
 {
-	pcap(data, len);
+	uint32_t vnet_len = htonl(len);
+	struct iovec iov[2];
+	size_t iovcnt = 0;
 
 	if (c->mode == MODE_PASST) {
-		int flags = MSG_NOSIGNAL | MSG_DONTWAIT;
-		uint32_t vnet_len = htonl(len);
-
-		if (send(c->fd_tap, &vnet_len, 4, flags) < 0)
-			return -1;
-
-		return send(c->fd_tap, data, len, flags);
+		iov[iovcnt].iov_base = &vnet_len;
+		iov[iovcnt].iov_len = sizeof(vnet_len);
+		iovcnt++;
 	}
 
-	return write(c->fd_tap, (char *)data, len);
+	iov[iovcnt].iov_base = (void *)data;
+	iov[iovcnt].iov_len = len;
+	iovcnt++;
+
+	tap_send_frames(c, iov, iovcnt, 1);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ void tap_udp4_send(const struct ctx *c, struct in_addr src, in_port_t sport,
 	csum_udp4(uh, src, dst, in, len);
 	memcpy(data, in, len);
 
-	if (tap_send(c, buf, len + (data - buf)) < 0)
-		debug("tap: failed to send %zu bytes (IPv4)", len);
+	tap_send_single(c, buf, len + (data - buf));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -212,8 +211,7 @@ void tap_icmp4_send(const struct ctx *c, struct in_addr src, struct in_addr dst,
 	memcpy(icmp4h, in, len);
 	csum_icmp4(icmp4h, icmp4h + 1, len - sizeof(*icmp4h));
 
-	if (tap_send(c, buf, len + ((char *)icmp4h - buf)) < 0)
-		debug("tap: failed to send %zu bytes (IPv4)", len);
+	tap_send_single(c, buf, len + ((char *)icmp4h - buf));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -274,8 +272,7 @@ void tap_udp6_send(const struct ctx *c,
 	csum_udp6(uh, src, dst, in, len);
 	memcpy(data, in, len);
 
-	if (tap_send(c, buf, len + (data - buf)) < 1)
-		debug("tap: failed to send %zu bytes (IPv6)", len);
+	tap_send_single(c, buf, len + (data - buf));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -298,8 +295,7 @@ void tap_icmp6_send(const struct ctx *c,
 	memcpy(icmp6h, in, len);
 	csum_icmp6(icmp6h, src, dst, icmp6h + 1, len - sizeof(*icmp6h));
 
-	if (tap_send(c, buf, len + ((char *)icmp6h - buf)) < 1)
-		debug("tap: failed to send %zu bytes (IPv6)", len);
+	tap_send_single(c, buf, len + ((char *)icmp6h - buf));
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/tap.h b/tap.h
index c45aab3..aa3b1af 100644
--- a/tap.h
+++ b/tap.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void tap_udp6_send(const struct ctx *c,
 void tap_icmp6_send(const struct ctx *c,
 		    const struct in6_addr *src, const struct in6_addr *dst,
 		    const void *in, size_t len);
-int tap_send(const struct ctx *c, const void *data, size_t len);
+void tap_send_single(const struct ctx *c, const void *data, size_t len);
 size_t tap_send_frames(const struct ctx *c, const struct iovec *iov,
 		       size_t bufs_per_frame, size_t nframes);
 void eth_update_mac(struct ethhdr *eh,