diff --git a/io/io_canread.c b/io/io_canread.c
index 7e8df7c..bc22c11 100644
--- a/io/io_canread.c
+++ b/io/io_canread.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ int64 io_canread() {
     if (!e) break;
     r=first_readable;
     first_readable=e->next_read;
+    e->next_read=-1;
     debug_printf(("io_canread: dequeue %lld from normal read queue (next is %ld)\n",r,first_readable));
     if (e->wantread && e->canread) {
 #ifdef HAVE_SIGIO
diff --git a/io/io_canwrite.c b/io/io_canwrite.c
index 0aaec31..f28ef12 100644
--- a/io/io_canwrite.c
+++ b/io/io_canwrite.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ int64 io_canwrite() {
     if (!e) break;
     r=first_writeable;
     first_writeable=e->next_write;
+    e->next_write=-1;
     debug_printf(("io_canwrite: dequeue %lld from normal write queue (next is %ld)\n",r,first_writeable));
     if (e->wantwrite && e->canwrite) {
 #ifdef HAVE_SIGIO