diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolationtester.c b/src/test/isolation/isolationtester.c
index 0e94bde107b9a9899894c2cda8cb16ac89d1c31e..d44baa541f9a11bda5ed4c99a7d790559fa5ac48 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolationtester.c
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolationtester.c
@@ -709,6 +709,8 @@ try_complete_step(Step * step, int flags)
 		ret = select(sock + 1, &read_set, NULL, NULL, &timeout);
 		if (ret < 0)			/* error in select() */
 		{
+			if (errno == EINTR)
+				continue;
 			fprintf(stderr, "select failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 			exit_nicely();
 		}