diff --git a/src/vlib/unix/input.c b/src/vlib/unix/input.c
index 39c124c..6d244b0 100644
--- a/src/vlib/unix/input.c
+++ b/src/vlib/unix/input.c
@@ -250,7 +250,10 @@
 		while (nanosleep (&ts, &tsrem) < 0)
 		  ts = tsrem;
 		if (*vlib_worker_threads->wait_at_barrier ||
-		    nm->pending_interrupts)
+		    clib_interrupt_is_any_pending (
+		      nm->input_node_interrupts) ||
+		    clib_interrupt_is_any_pending (
+		      nm->pre_input_node_interrupts))
 		  goto done;
 	      }
 	  }