diff --git a/src/stream_interface.c b/src/stream_interface.c
index 655c882e6..024c2f58c 100644
--- a/src/stream_interface.c
+++ b/src/stream_interface.c
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ void stream_int_update(struct stream_interface *si)
 				ic->rex = TICK_ETERNITY;
 			}
 		}
-		else {
+		else if (!(si->flags & SI_FL_WAIT_ROOM) || !co_data(ic)) {
 			/* (re)start reading and update timeout. Note: we don't recompute the timeout
 			 * everytime we get here, otherwise it would risk never to expire. We only
 			 * update it if is was not yet set. The stream socket handler will already