diff --git a/src/common/log.c b/src/common/log.c
index abaaed80b2d33507a79b1ca0981ab720b65ee1f8..8f9d0f60b80baf5de9ce23a0ed7a11f5f717f8c1 100644
--- a/src/common/log.c
+++ b/src/common/log.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static int _fd_writeable(int fd)
 	if ((ufds.revents & POLLHUP) || fstat(fd, &stat_buf) ||
 	    ((S_ISSOCK(stat_buf.st_mode) &&
 	     (rc = recv(fd, &temp, 1, MSG_DONTWAIT) <= 0) &&
-	     (rc == 0 || (errno != EAGAIN)))))
+	     ((rc == 0) || ((errno != EAGAIN) && (errno != EWOULDBLOCK))))))
 		return -1;
 	else if ((ufds.revents & POLLNVAL)
 		 || (ufds.revents & POLLERR)