@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ CheckConnections(void)
             FD_ZERO(&tmask);
             FD_SET(curclient, &tmask);
             r = Select (curclient + 1, &tmask, NULL, NULL, &notime);
-            if (r < 0)
+            if (r < 0 && 0 != ConnectionTranslation[curclient])
                CloseDownClient(clients[ConnectionTranslation[curclient]]);
            mask &= ~((fd_mask)1 << curoff);
        }