diff --git a/src/applet.c b/src/applet.c
index b71096ae9..4b55bf9b5 100644
--- a/src/applet.c
+++ b/src/applet.c
@@ -898,6 +898,7 @@ struct task *task_process_applet(struct task *t, void *context, unsigned int sta
 	struct appctx *app = context;
 	struct stconn *sc;
 	unsigned int rate;
+	int did_send, did_recv;
 
 	TRACE_ENTER(APPLET_EV_PROCESS, app);
 
@@ -925,6 +926,7 @@ struct task *task_process_applet(struct task *t, void *context, unsigned int sta
 	sc = appctx_sc(app);
 
 	sc_applet_sync_send(sc);
+	did_send = (sc_oc(sc)->flags & CF_WRITE_EVENT);
 
 	/* We always pretend the applet can't get and doesn't want to
 	 * put, it's up to it to change this if needed. This ensures
@@ -940,7 +942,7 @@ struct task *task_process_applet(struct task *t, void *context, unsigned int sta
 	if (b_data(&app->outbuf) || se_fl_test(app->sedesc, SE_FL_MAY_FASTFWD_PROD))
 		applet_have_more_data(app);
 
-	sc_applet_sync_recv(sc);
+	did_recv = sc_applet_sync_recv(sc);
 
 	if (!se_fl_test(app->sedesc, SE_FL_WANT_ROOM)) {
 		/* Handle EOI/EOS/ERROR outside of data transfer. But take care
@@ -966,11 +968,7 @@ struct task *task_process_applet(struct task *t, void *context, unsigned int sta
 	}
 
 	/* measure the call rate and check for anomalies when too high */
-	if (((b_size(sc_ib(sc)) && sc->flags & SC_FL_NEED_BUFF) || // asks for a buffer which is present
-	     (b_size(sc_ib(sc)) && !b_data(sc_ib(sc)) && sc->flags & SC_FL_NEED_ROOM) || // asks for room in an empty buffer
-	     (b_data(sc_ob(sc)) && sc_is_send_allowed(sc)) || // asks for data already present
-	     (!b_data(sc_ib(sc)) && b_data(sc_ob(sc)) && // didn't return anything ...
-	      (!(sc_oc(sc)->flags & CF_WRITE_EVENT) && (sc->flags & SC_FL_SHUT_WANTED))))) { // ... and left data pending after a shut
+	if (!did_recv && !did_send) {
 		rate = update_freq_ctr(&app->call_rate, 1);
 		if (rate >= 100000 && app->call_rate.prev_ctr) // looped like this more than 100k times over last second
 			stream_dump_and_crash(&app->obj_type, read_freq_ctr(&app->call_rate));