lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm | 4 +++-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
index d513953abf060a7abfa9a2ffebb3ab37eaef57bb..0e9108249b07207643252df3cf84665168e4af3e 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
@@ -754,7 +754,9 @@
 sub event_write {
 	my ($self) = @_;
 	# only continue watching for readability when we are done writing:
-	$self->write(undef) == 1 and $self->watch_read(1);
+	if ($self->write(undef) == 1 && !$self->{long_res}) {
+		$self->watch_read(1);
+	}
 }
 
 sub event_read {