diff --git a/src/netbase.cpp b/src/netbase.cpp
--- a/src/netbase.cpp
+++ b/src/netbase.cpp
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
 #ifdef USE_POLL
                 struct pollfd pollfd = {};
                 pollfd.fd = hSocket;
-                pollfd.events = POLLIN | POLLOUT;
+                pollfd.events = POLLIN;
                 int nRet = poll(&pollfd, 1, timeout_ms);
 #else
                 struct timeval tval = MillisToTimeval(timeout_ms);