diff --git a/glfw/wl_window.c b/glfw/wl_window.c
index cdc6ef0cf..e82fda793 100644
--- a/glfw/wl_window.c
+++ b/glfw/wl_window.c
@@ -768,7 +768,6 @@ handleEvents(monotonic_t timeout)
             if (num_dispatched < 0) {
                 if (errno == EAGAIN) continue;
                 int last_error = wl_display_get_error(display);
-                wl_display_cancel_read(display);
                 if (last_error) abortOnFatalError(last_error);
                 return;
             }