diff --git a/uloop.c b/uloop.c
index 8410634..c2a7b3e 100644
--- a/uloop.c
+++ b/uloop.c
@@ -383,6 +383,8 @@ void uloop_run(void)
 	{
 		gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
 		uloop_process_timeouts(&tv);
+		if (uloop_cancelled)
+			break;
 		uloop_run_events(uloop_get_next_timeout(&tv));
 	}
 }