diff --git a/classpath/java/nio/channels/SocketSelector.java b/classpath/java/nio/channels/SocketSelector.java
index 0b7c1d6b4b..9726d1a9ed 100644
--- a/classpath/java/nio/channels/SocketSelector.java
+++ b/classpath/java/nio/channels/SocketSelector.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class SocketSelector extends Selector {
   public int doSelect(long interval) throws IOException {
     selectedKeys.clear();
 
-    if (clearWoken()) return 0;
+    if (clearWoken()) interval = -1;
 
     int max=0;
     for (Iterator<SelectionKey> it = keys.iterator();