diff --git a/bufferevent_openssl.c b/bufferevent_openssl.c
index 6e9c99f861..2f07cb6bfd 100644
--- a/bufferevent_openssl.c
+++ b/bufferevent_openssl.c
@@ -934,11 +934,12 @@ be_openssl_readeventcb(evutil_socket_t fd, short what, void *ptr)
 {
 	struct bufferevent_openssl *bev_ssl = ptr;
 	bufferevent_incref_and_lock_(&bev_ssl->bev.bev);
-	if (what & EV_TIMEOUT) {
+	if (what == EV_TIMEOUT) {
 		bufferevent_run_eventcb_(&bev_ssl->bev.bev,
 		    BEV_EVENT_TIMEOUT|BEV_EVENT_READING);
-	} else
+	} else {
 		consider_reading(bev_ssl);
+	}
 	bufferevent_decref_and_unlock_(&bev_ssl->bev.bev);
 }
 
@@ -947,11 +948,12 @@ be_openssl_writeeventcb(evutil_socket_t fd, short what, void *ptr)
 {
 	struct bufferevent_openssl *bev_ssl = ptr;
 	bufferevent_incref_and_lock_(&bev_ssl->bev.bev);
-	if (what & EV_TIMEOUT) {
+	if (what == EV_TIMEOUT) {
 		bufferevent_run_eventcb_(&bev_ssl->bev.bev,
 		    BEV_EVENT_TIMEOUT|BEV_EVENT_WRITING);
+	} else {
+		consider_writing(bev_ssl);
 	}
-	consider_writing(bev_ssl);
 	bufferevent_decref_and_unlock_(&bev_ssl->bev.bev);
 }
 
diff --git a/bufferevent_sock.c b/bufferevent_sock.c
index e1fcadc6d4..eaaf9414e8 100644
--- a/bufferevent_sock.c
+++ b/bufferevent_sock.c
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ bufferevent_readcb(evutil_socket_t fd, short event, void *arg)
 	bufferevent_incref_and_lock_(bufev);
 
 	if (event == EV_TIMEOUT) {
+		/* Note that we only check for event==EV_TIMEOUT. If
+		 * event==EV_TIMEOUT|EV_READ, we can safely ignore the
+		 * timeout, since a read has occurred */
 		what |= BEV_EVENT_TIMEOUT;
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -210,6 +213,9 @@ bufferevent_writecb(evutil_socket_t fd, short event, void *arg)
 	bufferevent_incref_and_lock_(bufev);
 
 	if (event == EV_TIMEOUT) {
+		/* Note that we only check for event==EV_TIMEOUT. If
+		 * event==EV_TIMEOUT|EV_WRITE, we can safely ignore the
+		 * timeout, since a read has occurred */
 		what |= BEV_EVENT_TIMEOUT;
 		goto error;
 	}