diff --git a/daemon/media_socket.c b/daemon/media_socket.c
index a03c89118..e46a1b4c3 100644
--- a/daemon/media_socket.c
+++ b/daemon/media_socket.c
@@ -3009,6 +3009,11 @@ static void stream_fd_readable(int fd, void *p, uintptr_t u) {
 	if (sfd->socket.fd != fd)
 		return;
 
+	// +1 to active read events. If it was zero then we handle it. If it was non-zero,
+	// another thread is already handling this socket and will process our event.
+	if (g_atomic_int_add(&sfd->active_read_events, 1) != 0)
+		return;
+
 	ca = sfd->call ? : NULL;
 
 	log_info_stream_fd(sfd);
@@ -3022,6 +3027,8 @@ static void stream_fd_readable(int fd, void *p, uintptr_t u) {
 		return;
 	}
 
+restart:
+
 	for (iters = 0; ; iters++) {
 #if MAX_RECV_ITERS
 		if (iters >= MAX_RECV_ITERS) {
@@ -3075,6 +3082,11 @@ static void stream_fd_readable(int fd, void *p, uintptr_t u) {
 			update = true;
 	}
 
+	// -1 active read events. If it's non-zero, another thread has received a read event,
+	// and we must handle it here.
+	if (!g_atomic_int_dec_and_test(&sfd->active_read_events))
+		goto restart;
+
 	// no strike
 	if (strikes > 0)
 		g_atomic_int_compare_and_exchange(&sfd->error_strikes, strikes, strikes - 1);
diff --git a/include/media_socket.h b/include/media_socket.h
index 23ce1a4dd..11e7f776c 100644
--- a/include/media_socket.h
+++ b/include/media_socket.h
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ struct stream_fd {
 	struct crypto_context		crypto;		/* IN direction, LOCK: stream->in_lock */
 	struct dtls_connection		dtls;		/* LOCK: stream->in_lock */
 	int				error_strikes;
+	int				active_read_events;
 	struct poller			*poller;
 };