diff --git a/util/oslib-win32.c b/util/oslib-win32.c
index 80e46689355135bcc28c9a7e6e1d617b81665d43..3de9e7777e2304c63bfb81a3fb0b10a9208c62e9 100644
--- a/util/oslib-win32.c
+++ b/util/oslib-win32.c
@@ -438,10 +438,8 @@ static int poll_rest(gboolean poll_msgs, HANDLE *handles, gint nhandles,
         if (timeout == 0 && nhandles > 1) {
             /* Remove the handle that fired */
             int i;
-            if (ready < nhandles - 1) {
-                for (i = ready - WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 1; i < nhandles; i++) {
-                    handles[i-1] = handles[i];
-                }
+            for (i = ready - WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 1; i < nhandles; i++) {
+                handles[i-1] = handles[i];
             }
             nhandles--;
             recursed_result = poll_rest(FALSE, handles, nhandles, fds, nfds, 0);