diff --git a/src/ev_epoll.c b/src/ev_epoll.c
index 880aa584d..679e5e873 100644
--- a/src/ev_epoll.c
+++ b/src/ev_epoll.c
@@ -238,8 +238,6 @@ static void _do_poll(struct poller *p, int exp, int wake)
 		}
 		if (timeout || !wait_time)
 			break;
-		if (wake)
-			break;
 		if (tick_isset(exp) && tick_is_expired(exp, now_ms))
 			break;
 	} while (1);
diff --git a/src/ev_evports.c b/src/ev_evports.c
index 0a7df15d3..38fd18379 100644
--- a/src/ev_evports.c
+++ b/src/ev_evports.c
@@ -217,8 +217,6 @@ static void _do_poll(struct poller *p, int exp, int wake)
 			break;
 		if (timeout || !wait_time)
 			break;
-		if (wake)
-			break;
 		if (tick_isset(exp) && tick_is_expired(exp, now_ms))
 			break;
 	} while(1);
diff --git a/src/ev_kqueue.c b/src/ev_kqueue.c
index 4796e680a..e80976202 100644
--- a/src/ev_kqueue.c
+++ b/src/ev_kqueue.c
@@ -191,8 +191,6 @@ static void _do_poll(struct poller *p, int exp, int wake)
 		}
 		if (timeout || !wait_time)
 			break;
-		if (wake)
-			break;
 		if (tick_isset(exp) && tick_is_expired(exp, now_ms))
 			break;
 	} while (1);