diff --git a/connection/connection.c b/connection/connection.c
index 889950c8..21d31352 100644
--- a/connection/connection.c
+++ b/connection/connection.c
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ connection_add(struct connection_pool * pool, int fd, void *ud) {
 void 
 connection_del(struct connection_pool * pool, int fd) {
 #if HAVE_EPOLL
-	epoll_ctl(pool->epoll_fd, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, fd , NULL);
+	struct epoll_event ev;
+	epoll_ctl(pool->epoll_fd, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, fd , &ev);
 #elif HAVE_KQUEUE
 	struct kevent ke;
 	EV_SET(&ke, fd, EVFILT_READ, EV_DELETE, 0, 0, NULL);