diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/select.cc b/winsup/cygwin/select.cc
index ffddf6204..b85e0bd56 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/select.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/select.cc
@@ -1347,13 +1347,10 @@ start_thread_socket (select_record *me, select_stuff *stuff)
 
   if (_my_tls.locals.exitsock != INVALID_SOCKET)
     {
-      if (!si->exitsock)
-	{
-	  char buf[1];
-	  si->exitsock = _my_tls.locals.exitsock;
-	  select_printf ("read a byte from %p", si->exitsock);
-	  recv (si->exitsock, buf, 1, 0);
-	}
+      char buf[1];
+      si->exitsock = _my_tls.locals.exitsock;
+      select_printf ("read a byte from %p", si->exitsock);
+      recv (si->exitsock, buf, 1, 0);
     }
   else 
     {