diff --git a/examples/domain-events/events-python/event-test.py b/examples/domain-events/events-python/event-test.py
index 903f934b2f98ce77b06c2dc1736bfaa337b1d375..c149ed93b8997959ab4d0ca58cfaf00f5a00a261 100644
--- a/examples/domain-events/events-python/event-test.py
+++ b/examples/domain-events/events-python/event-test.py
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ class virEventLoopPure:
     def __init__(self):
         self.poll = select.poll()
         self.pipetrick = os.pipe()
+        self.pendingWakeup = False
+        self.runningPoll = False
         self.nextHandleID = 1
         self.nextTimerID = 1
         self.handles = []
@@ -166,6 +168,7 @@ class virEventLoopPure:
     # these pointless repeated tiny sleeps.
     def run_once(self):
         sleep = -1
+        self.runningPoll = True
         next = self.next_timeout()
         debug("Next timeout due at %d" % next)
         if next > 0:
@@ -184,6 +187,7 @@ class virEventLoopPure:
             # telling us to wakup. if so, then discard
             # the data just continue
             if fd == self.pipetrick[0]:
+                self.pendingWakeup = False
                 data = os.read(fd, 1)
                 continue
 
@@ -206,6 +210,8 @@ class virEventLoopPure:
                 t.set_last_fired(now)
                 t.dispatch()
 
+        self.runningPoll = False
+
 
     # Actually the event loop forever
     def run_loop(self):
@@ -214,7 +220,9 @@ class virEventLoopPure:
             self.run_once()
 
     def interrupt(self):
-        os.write(self.pipetrick[1], 'c')
+        if self.runningPoll and not self.pendingWakeup:
+            self.pendingWakeup = True
+            os.write(self.pipetrick[1], 'c')
 
 
     # Registers a new file handle 'fd', monitoring  for 'events' (libvirt