diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c
index d1be61fd57..9ac9efa17c 100644
--- a/daemon.c
+++ b/daemon.c
@@ -1153,11 +1153,19 @@ static int service_loop(struct socketlist *socklist)
 #endif
 				} ss;
 				socklen_t sslen = sizeof(ss);
-				int incoming = accept(pfd[i].fd, &ss.sa, &sslen);
+				int incoming;
+				int retry = 3;
+
+			redo:
+				incoming = accept(pfd[i].fd, &ss.sa, &sslen);
 				if (incoming < 0) {
 					switch (errno) {
-					case EAGAIN:
 					case EINTR:
+						if (--retry)
+							goto redo;
+
+						/* fallthrough */
+					case EAGAIN:
 					case ECONNABORTED:
 						continue;
 					default: