diff --git a/nsock/src/nsock_core.c b/nsock/src/nsock_core.c

index ec38cad..aac2c1b 100644

--- a/nsock/src/nsock_core.c

+++ b/nsock/src/nsock_core.c

@@ -1230,6 +1230,14 @@ void nsp_add_event(mspool *nsp, msevent *nse) {

       assert(0);

       break; /* unreached */

   }

+

+  /* It can happen that the event already completed. In which case we can

+   *    * already deliver it, even though we're probably not inside nsock_loop(). */

+  if (nse->event_done) {

+	  msevent_dispatch_and_delete(nsp, nse, 1);

+	  update_first_events(nse);

+	   

+  }

 }

 /* An event has been completed and the handler is about to be called. This