diff --git a/src/torcontrol.cpp b/src/torcontrol.cpp
--- a/src/torcontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/torcontrol.cpp
@@ -887,7 +887,10 @@
 void InterruptTorControl() {
     if (gBase) {
         LogPrintf("tor: Thread interrupt\n");
-        event_base_loopbreak(gBase);
+        event_base_once(
+            gBase, -1, EV_TIMEOUT,
+            [](evutil_socket_t, short, void *) { event_base_loopbreak(gBase); },
+            nullptr, nullptr);
     }
 }