diff --git a/cgroup.c b/cgroup.c
index ba10209..fa7857b 100644
--- a/cgroup.c
+++ b/cgroup.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static void run_cleaner_child(int lock, int parentfd, const char *name)
 	}
 
 	struct epoll_event event = {
-		.events = EPOLLET,
+		.events = 0,
 	};
 
 	int epollfd = epoll_create1(0);
@@ -192,8 +192,7 @@ static void run_cleaner_child(int lock, int parentfd, const char *name)
 	for (;;) {
 		int ready = epoll_wait(epollfd, &event, 1, -1);
 		if (ready == -1 && errno != EINTR) {
-			warn("run_cgroup_child: epoll_wait cgroup.events");
-			goto recursiveClean;
+			err(1, "run_cgroup_child: epoll_wait cgroup.events");
 		}
 
 		rewind(eventsfp);