diff --git a/source/eventcore/drivers/winapi/core.d b/source/eventcore/drivers/winapi/core.d
index 6dac979..d426fce 100644
--- a/source/eventcore/drivers/winapi/core.d
+++ b/source/eventcore/drivers/winapi/core.d
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ final class WinAPIEventDriverCore : EventDriverCore {
 		nogc_assert((h in m_handles) !is null, "Handle not in use - cannot free.");
 		m_handles.remove(h);
 	}
+
+	package void discardEvents(scope OVERLAPPED_CORE*[] overlapped...)
+	{
+		import std.algorithm.searching : canFind;
+		m_ioEvents.filterPending!(evt => !overlapped.canFind(evt.overlapped));
+	}
 }
 
 private long currStdTime()
diff --git a/source/eventcore/drivers/winapi/files.d b/source/eventcore/drivers/winapi/files.d
index 871e7ec..3297989 100644
--- a/source/eventcore/drivers/winapi/files.d
+++ b/source/eventcore/drivers/winapi/files.d
@@ -146,8 +146,10 @@ final class WinAPIEventDriverFiles : EventDriverFiles {
 	override bool releaseRef(FileFD descriptor)
 	{
 		auto h = idToHandle(descriptor);
-		return m_core.m_handles[h].releaseRef({
+		auto slot = &m_core.m_handles[h];
+		return slot.releaseRef({
 			close(descriptor);
+			m_core.discardEvents(&slot.file.read.overlapped, &slot.file.write.overlapped);
 			m_core.freeSlot(h);
 		});
 	}
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ final class WinAPIEventDriverFiles : EventDriverFiles {
 			InternalHigh = 0;
 			Offset = cast(uint)(slot.offset & 0xFFFFFFFF);
 			OffsetHigh = cast(uint)(slot.offset >> 32);
-			hEvent = () @trusted { return cast(HANDLE)slot; } ();
+			hEvent = h;
 		}
 
 		auto nbytes = min(slot.buffer.length, DWORD.max);
diff --git a/source/eventcore/drivers/winapi/sockets.d b/source/eventcore/drivers/winapi/sockets.d
index 8e5eba3..4d9b9b4 100644
--- a/source/eventcore/drivers/winapi/sockets.d
+++ b/source/eventcore/drivers/winapi/sockets.d
@@ -697,13 +697,15 @@ final class WinAPIEventDriverSockets : EventDriverSockets {
 	override bool releaseRef(SocketFD fd)
 	{
 		import taggedalgebraic : hasType;
-		nogc_assert(m_sockets[fd].common.refCount > 0, "Releasing reference to unreferenced socket FD.");
-		if (--m_sockets[fd].common.refCount == 0) {
-			final switch (m_sockets[fd].specific.kind) with (SocketVector.FieldType) {
+		auto slot = () @trusted { return &m_sockets[fd]; } ();
+		nogc_assert(slot.common.refCount > 0, "Releasing reference to unreferenced socket FD.");
+		if (--slot.common.refCount == 0) {
+			final switch (slot.specific.kind) with (SocketVector.FieldType) {
 				case Kind.none: break;
 				case Kind.streamSocket:
 					cancelRead(cast(StreamSocketFD)fd);
 					cancelWrite(cast(StreamSocketFD)fd);
+					m_core.discardEvents(&slot.streamSocket.read.overlapped, &slot.streamSocket.write.overlapped);
 					break;
 				case Kind.streamListen:
 					if (m_sockets[fd].streamListen.acceptCallback)
@@ -712,6 +714,7 @@ final class WinAPIEventDriverSockets : EventDriverSockets {
 				case Kind.datagramSocket:
 					cancelReceive(cast(DatagramSocketFD)fd);
 					cancelSend(cast(DatagramSocketFD)fd);
+					m_core.discardEvents(&slot.datagramSocket.read.overlapped, &slot.datagramSocket.write.overlapped);
 					break;
 			}
 
diff --git a/source/eventcore/drivers/winapi/watchers.d b/source/eventcore/drivers/winapi/watchers.d
index 524af9d..9606148 100644
--- a/source/eventcore/drivers/winapi/watchers.d
+++ b/source/eventcore/drivers/winapi/watchers.d
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ final class WinAPIEventDriverWatchers : EventDriverWatchers {
 					catch (Exception e) assert(false, "Freeing directory watcher buffer failed.");
 				} ();
 				slot.watcher.buffer = null;
+				core.discardEvents(&slot.watcher.overlapped, &slot.file.write.overlapped);
 				core.freeSlot(handle);
 			}))
 		{
diff --git a/source/eventcore/internal/consumablequeue.d b/source/eventcore/internal/consumablequeue.d
index 6187fdf..63aec28 100644
--- a/source/eventcore/internal/consumablequeue.d
+++ b/source/eventcore/internal/consumablequeue.d
@@ -235,3 +235,35 @@ unittest {
 		q.put(i);
 	assert(q.consume().equal(iota(4)));
 }
+
+
+void filterPending(alias pred, T)(ConsumableQueue!T q)
+{
+	size_t ir = 0;
+	size_t iw = 0;
+
+	while (ir < q.m_pendingCount) {
+		if (!pred(q.getPendingAt(ir))) {
+		} else {
+			if (ir != iw) q.getPendingAt(iw) = q.getPendingAt(ir);
+			iw++;
+		}
+		ir++;
+	}
+	q.m_pendingCount = iw;
+}
+
+
+unittest {
+	import std.algorithm.comparison : equal;
+	import std.range : only;
+
+	auto q = new ConsumableQueue!int;
+	foreach (i; 0 .. 14) q.put(i);
+	q.filterPending!(i => i % 2 != 0);
+	assert(q.consume().equal(only(1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13)));
+
+	foreach (i; 0 .. 14) q.put(i);
+	q.filterPending!(i => i % 3 == 1);
+	assert(q.consume().equal(only(1, 4, 7, 10, 13)));
+}