diff --git a/lib/select.c b/lib/select.c
index 40673ec9e563cc0340155a935928cd5b59061bd5..4196211c0c79c6bf02fd562ab4663da64e7dfb0f 100644
--- a/lib/select.c
+++ b/lib/select.c
@@ -221,8 +221,10 @@ int Curl_socket_check(curl_socket_t readfd0, /* two sockets to read from */
       break;
     if(timeout_ms > 0) {
       pending_ms = (int)(timeout_ms - elapsed_ms);
-      if(pending_ms <= 0)
+      if(pending_ms <= 0) {
+        r = 0;  /* Simulate a "call timed out" case */
         break;
+      }
     }
   } while(r == -1);