diff --git a/source/eventcore/drivers/posix.d b/source/eventcore/drivers/posix.d
index 213b32c..a63edb5 100644
--- a/source/eventcore/drivers/posix.d
+++ b/source/eventcore/drivers/posix.d
@@ -472,8 +472,7 @@ final class PosixEventDriverSockets(Loop : PosixEventLoop) : EventDriverSockets
 		}
 
 		sizediff_t ret = 0;
-		if (!slot.readBuffer.length)
-			() @trusted { ret = .recv(socket, slot.readBuffer.ptr, slot.readBuffer.length, 0); } ();
+		() @trusted { ret = .recv(socket, slot.readBuffer.ptr, slot.readBuffer.length, 0); } ();
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			auto err = getSocketError();
 			if (!err.among!(EAGAIN, EINPROGRESS)) {