diff --git a/src/unix/linux-core.c b/src/unix/linux-core.c
index 14d5f0c04..4db2f0505 100644
--- a/src/unix/linux-core.c
+++ b/src/unix/linux-core.c
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ void uv__io_poll(uv_loop_t* loop, int timeout) {
     timeout = 0;
   } else {
     reset_timeout = 0;
+    user_timeout = 0;
   }
 
   /* You could argue there is a dependency between these two but