diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_aoutils.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_aoutils.c
index a5a10fbf3e..0d4c8af345 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_aoutils.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_aoutils.c
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ static void datacopier_readable(libxl__egc *egc, libxl__ev_fd *ev,
     libxl__datacopier_state *dc = CONTAINER_OF(ev, *dc, toread);
     STATE_AO_GC(dc->ao);
 
+    if ((revents & (POLLHUP|POLLIN)) == (POLLHUP|POLLIN))
+        revents &= ~POLLHUP;
+
     if (datacopier_pollhup_handled(egc, dc, revents, 0))
         return;