diff --git a/src/shared/varlink.c b/src/shared/varlink.c
index aeec424754..86b5f08ae7 100644
--- a/src/shared/varlink.c
+++ b/src/shared/varlink.c
@@ -1045,10 +1045,8 @@ int varlink_wait(Varlink *v, usec_t timeout) {
                 return events;
 
         r = fd_wait_for_event(fd, events, t);
-        if (r < 0)
+        if (r <= 0)
                 return r;
-        if (r == 0)
-                return 0;
 
         handle_revents(v, r);
         return 1;