diff --git a/src/signaler.cpp b/src/signaler.cpp
index 5a0b8ddc..e6ba826b 100644
--- a/src/signaler.cpp
+++ b/src/signaler.cpp
@@ -187,9 +187,13 @@ void zmq::signaler_t::send ()
     errno_assert (sz == sizeof (inc));
 #elif defined ZMQ_HAVE_WINDOWS
     unsigned char dummy = 0;
-    int nbytes = ::send (w, (char *) &dummy, sizeof (dummy), 0);
-    wsa_assert (nbytes != SOCKET_ERROR);
-    zmq_assert (nbytes == sizeof (dummy));
+    while (true) {
+        int nbytes = ::send (w, (char*) &dummy, sizeof (dummy), 0);
+        if (unlikely (nbytes == SOCKET_ERROR))
+            continue;
+        zmq_assert (nbytes == sizeof (dummy));
+        break;
+    }
 #else
     unsigned char dummy = 0;
     while (true) {