diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index 5444a3269..9eac473b1 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static void InstallInitNotifier(Epoll* epoll) {
 
 static void WakeEpoll() {
     constexpr char value[] = "1";
-    write(wake_epoll_fd, value, sizeof(value));
+    TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(write(wake_epoll_fd, value, sizeof(value)));
 }
 
 static class PropWaiterState {