diff -r 2e59e0b579e5 Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py
--- a/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py	Wed May 28 18:50:12 2014 +0300
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py	Wed May 28 23:12:12 2014 +0200
@@ -81,10 +81,15 @@ class BaseSelectorEventLoop(base_events.
         self.add_reader(self._ssock.fileno(), self._read_from_self)
 
     def _read_from_self(self):
-        try:
-            self._ssock.recv(1)
-        except (BlockingIOError, InterruptedError):
-            pass
+        while True:
+            try:
+                data = self._ssock.recv(4096)
+                if not data:
+                    break
+            except InterruptedError:
+                continue
+            except BlockingIOError:
+                break
 
     def _write_to_self(self):
         # This may be called from a different thread, possibly after