diff --git a/src/connection.c b/src/connection.c
index ee6818c3d..ae53d56df 100644
--- a/src/connection.c
+++ b/src/connection.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ void conn_fd_handler(int fd)
 				conn->subs = NULL;
 		} else
 			io_available = 1;
+		fd_stop_send(fd);
 	}
 
 	/* The data transfer starts here and stops on error and handshakes. Note