diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 8c1d8bb6..fae3ea66 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -303,7 +303,9 @@ exports.Socket = function (type) {
   this._outgoing = new BatchList();
 
   this._zmq.onReadReady = function () {
-    self._flushReads();
+    setImmediate(function(){
+      self._flushReads();
+    });
   };
 
   this._zmq.onSendReady = function () {