--- libev/ev_epoll.c	2011/01/08 10:25:16	1.57
+++ libev/ev_epoll.c	2011/01/10 14:05:23	1.58
@@ -143,11 +143,12 @@
 {
   int i;
   int eventcnt;
-  
+
   /* epoll wait times cannot be larger than (LONG_MAX - 999UL) / HZ msecs, which is below */
   /* the default libev max wait time, however. */
   EV_RELEASE_CB;
-  eventcnt = epoll_wait (backend_fd, epoll_events, epoll_eventmax, (int)ceil (timeout * 1000.));
+  eventcnt = epoll_wait (backend_fd, epoll_events, epoll_eventmax,
+                         epoll_epermcnt ? 0 : (int)ceil (timeout * 1000.));
   EV_ACQUIRE_CB;
 
   if (expect_false (eventcnt < 0))