diff --git a/epoll.c b/epoll.c
index 4f4a512c..b574bf4d 100644
--- a/epoll.c
+++ b/epoll.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ epoll_dispatch(struct event_base *base, struct timeval *tv)
 				ev |= EV_WRITE;
 		}
 
-		if (!events)
+		if (!ev)
 			continue;
 
 		evmap_io_active(base, events[i].data.fd, ev | EV_ET);