1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ev_epoll.c b/ev_epoll.c
index eb22ad8..d0caa93 100644
--- a/ev_epoll.c
+++ b/ev_epoll.c
@@ -143,11 +143,12 @@ epoll_poll (EV_P_ ev_tstamp timeout)
 {
   int i;
   int eventcnt;
-  
+
   /* epoll wait times cannot be larger than (LONG_MAX - 999UL) / HZ msecs, which is below */
   /* the default libev max wait time, however. */
   EV_RELEASE_CB;
-  eventcnt = epoll_wait (backend_fd, epoll_events, epoll_eventmax, (int)ceil (timeout * 1000.));
+  eventcnt = epoll_wait (backend_fd, epoll_events, epoll_eventmax,
+                         epoll_epermcnt ? 0 : (int)ceil (timeout * 1000.));
   EV_ACQUIRE_CB;
 
   if (expect_false (eventcnt < 0))