diff --git a/src/MacVim/MMBackend.m b/src/MacVim/MMBackend.m
index 7ecdc2d61a..1e8d26e35b 100644
--- a/src/MacVim/MMBackend.m
+++ b/src/MacVim/MMBackend.m
@@ -3463,7 +3463,14 @@ static void socketReadCallback(CFSocketRef s,
 
 - (void)read
 {
-    channel_read(channel, part, "MMChannel_read");
+    int fd = channel->ch_part[part].ch_fd;
+    fd_set fds;
+    FD_ZERO(&fds);
+    FD_SET(fd, &fds);
+    struct timeval t;
+    memset(&t, 0, sizeof(t));
+    if (select(FD_SETSIZE, &fds, NULL, NULL, &t) > 0)
+        channel_read(channel, part, "MMChannel_read");
 }
 
 @end