diff --git a/src/ev_epoll.c b/src/ev_epoll.c
index 98ca701e1..746a0d120 100644
--- a/src/ev_epoll.c
+++ b/src/ev_epoll.c
@@ -222,8 +222,10 @@ static void _do_poll(struct poller *p, int exp, int wake)
 	thread_idle_now();
 	thread_harmless_now();
 
-	/* now let's wait for polled events */
-	wait_time = wake ? 0 : compute_poll_timeout(exp);
+	/* Now let's wait for polled events.
+	 * Check if the signal queue is not empty in case we received a signal
+	 * before entering the loop, so we don't wait MAX_DELAY_MS for nothing */
+	wait_time = (wake | signal_queue_len) ? 0 : compute_poll_timeout(exp);
 	clock_entering_poll();
 	do {
 		int timeout = (global.tune.options & GTUNE_BUSY_POLLING) ? 0 : wait_time;
diff --git a/src/ev_evports.c b/src/ev_evports.c
index 2530b39c0..7d3e8a8d7 100644
--- a/src/ev_evports.c
+++ b/src/ev_evports.c
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@ static void _do_poll(struct poller *p, int exp, int wake)
 	thread_idle_now();
 	thread_harmless_now();
 
-	/*
-	 * Determine how long to wait for events to materialise on the port.
-	 */
-	wait_time = wake ? 0 : compute_poll_timeout(exp);
+	/* Now let's wait for polled events.
+	 * Check if the signal queue is not empty in case we received a signal
+	 * before entering the loop, so we don't wait MAX_DELAY_MS for nothing */
+	wait_time = (wake | signal_queue_len) ? 0 : compute_poll_timeout(exp);
 	clock_entering_poll();
 
 	do {
diff --git a/src/ev_kqueue.c b/src/ev_kqueue.c
index 3c8787ffd..1d6e91d50 100644
--- a/src/ev_kqueue.c
+++ b/src/ev_kqueue.c
@@ -166,8 +166,10 @@ static void _do_poll(struct poller *p, int exp, int wake)
 	}
 	fd_nbupdt = 0;
 
-	/* now let's wait for events */
-	wait_time = wake ? 0 : compute_poll_timeout(exp);
+	/* Now let's wait for polled events.
+	 * Check if the signal queue is not empty in case we received a signal
+	 * before entering the loop, so we don't wait MAX_DELAY_MS for nothing */
+	wait_time = (wake | signal_queue_len) ? 0 : compute_poll_timeout(exp);
 	fd = global.tune.maxpollevents;
 	clock_entering_poll();
 
diff --git a/src/ev_poll.c b/src/ev_poll.c
index 790ea5bfa..6fefb3ab3 100644
--- a/src/ev_poll.c
+++ b/src/ev_poll.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <haproxy/clock.h>
 #include <haproxy/fd.h>
 #include <haproxy/global.h>
+#include <haproxy/signal.h>
 #include <haproxy/task.h>
 #include <haproxy/ticks.h>
 
@@ -203,8 +204,10 @@ static void _do_poll(struct poller *p, int exp, int wake)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* now let's wait for events */
-	wait_time = wake ? 0 : compute_poll_timeout(exp);
+	/* Now let's wait for polled events.
+	 * Check if the signal queue is not empty in case we received a signal
+	 * before entering the loop, so we don't wait MAX_DELAY_MS for nothing */
+	wait_time = (wake | signal_queue_len) ? 0 : compute_poll_timeout(exp);
 	clock_entering_poll();
 	status = poll(poll_events, nbfd, wait_time);
 	clock_update_date(wait_time, status);