diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index 1c0ac7ff5..51c239fc8 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ int handleClientsWithPendingWrites(void) {
             {
                 ae_flags |= AE_BARRIER;
             }
-            if (aeCreateFileEvent(server.el, c->fd, AE_WRITABLE,
+            if (aeCreateFileEvent(server.el, c->fd, ae_flags,
                 sendReplyToClient, c) == AE_ERR)
             {
                     freeClientAsync(c);