diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index 6ba601d42..65b3ce1af 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -3577,8 +3577,10 @@ static void syslog_io_handler(struct appctx *appctx)
 	char *message;
 	size_t size;
 
-	if (unlikely(se_fl_test(appctx->sedesc, (SE_FL_EOS|SE_FL_ERROR|SE_FL_SHR|SE_FL_SHW))))
+	if (unlikely(se_fl_test(appctx->sedesc, (SE_FL_EOS|SE_FL_ERROR|SE_FL_SHR|SE_FL_SHW)))) {
+		co_skip(sc_oc(sc), co_data(sc_oc(sc)));
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	max_accept = l->bind_conf->maxaccept ? l->bind_conf->maxaccept : 1;
 	while (co_data(sc_oc(sc))) {