diff --git a/osdep/subprocess-posix.c b/osdep/subprocess-posix.c
index 0656ec5df1..c75d267cdd 100644
--- a/osdep/subprocess-posix.c
+++ b/osdep/subprocess-posix.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ void mp_subprocess2(struct mp_subprocess_opts *opts,
                     if (pid)
                         kill(pid, SIGKILL);
                     killed_by_us = true;
-                    break;
+                    goto break_poll;
                 }
                 struct mp_subprocess_fd *fd = &opts->fds[n];
                 if (fd->on_read) {
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ void mp_subprocess2(struct mp_subprocess_opts *opts,
         }
     }
 
+break_poll:
+
     // Note: it can happen that a child process closes the pipe, but does not
     //       terminate yet. In this case, we would have to run waitpid() in
     //       a separate thread and use pthread_cancel(), or use other weird