diff --git a/net/proto_tcp/proto_tcp.c b/net/proto_tcp/proto_tcp.c
index 8ebaa86de11..199076a4520 100644
--- a/net/proto_tcp/proto_tcp.c
+++ b/net/proto_tcp/proto_tcp.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ static int async_tsend_stream(struct tcp_connection *c,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (pf.events&POLLOUT)
+	if (pf.revents&POLLOUT)
 		goto again;
 
 	/* some other events triggered by poll - treat as errors */