diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_main.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_main.c
index 5fa9b2f0f2..67dd7b6620 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_main.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_main.c
@@ -161,8 +161,11 @@ _ecore_fd_valid(void)
    if (fcntl(epoll_fd, F_GETFD) < 0)
      {
         ERR("arghhh you caught me! report a backtrace to edevel!");
-        sleep(5);
+        close(-111);
+        pause();
      }
+   else
+     close(-999);
 #endif
 }