diff --git a/src/unix/kqueue.c b/src/unix/kqueue.c
index 876b7170..e0166c34 100644
--- a/src/unix/kqueue.c
+++ b/src/unix/kqueue.c
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ int uv__io_fork(uv_loop_t* loop) {
 
 
 int uv__io_check_fd(uv_loop_t* loop, int fd) {
-  struct kevent ev;
-  int rc;
+  struct kevent ev[2];
   struct stat sb;
 #ifdef __APPLE__
   char path[MAXPATHLEN];
@@ -133,17 +132,12 @@ int uv__io_check_fd(uv_loop_t* loop, int fd) {
   }
 #endif
 
-  rc = 0;
-  EV_SET(&ev, fd, EVFILT_READ, EV_ADD, 0, 0, 0);
-  if (kevent(loop->backend_fd, &ev, 1, NULL, 0, NULL))
-    rc = UV__ERR(errno);
+  EV_SET(ev, fd, EVFILT_READ, EV_ADD, 0, 0, 0);
+  EV_SET(ev + 1, fd, EVFILT_READ, EV_DELETE, 0, 0, 0);
+  if (kevent(loop->backend_fd, ev, 2, NULL, 0, NULL))
+    return UV__ERR(errno);
 
-  EV_SET(&ev, fd, EVFILT_READ, EV_DELETE, 0, 0, 0);
-  if (rc == 0)
-    if (kevent(loop->backend_fd, &ev, 1, NULL, 0, NULL))
-      abort();
-
-  return rc;
+  return 0;
 }