diff --git a/adb/daemon/usb.cpp b/adb/daemon/usb.cpp
index a44ff43b6..f4458a2c8 100644
--- a/adb/daemon/usb.cpp
+++ b/adb/daemon/usb.cpp
@@ -270,29 +270,15 @@ struct UsbFfsConnection : public Connection {
             bool started = false;
             bool running = true;
             while (running) {
-                int timeout = -1;
-                if (!bound || !started) {
-                    timeout = 5000 /*ms*/;
-                }
-
                 adb_pollfd pfd[2] = {
                   { .fd = control_fd_.get(), .events = POLLIN, .revents = 0 },
                   { .fd = monitor_event_fd_.get(), .events = POLLIN, .revents = 0 },
                 };
-                int rc = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(adb_poll(pfd, 2, timeout));
+                int rc = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(adb_poll(pfd, 2, -1));
                 if (rc == -1) {
                     PLOG(FATAL) << "poll on USB control fd failed";
                 } else if (rc == 0) {
-                    // Something in the kernel presumably went wrong.
-                    // Close our endpoints, wait for a bit, and then try again.
-                    StopWorker();
-                    aio_context_.reset();
-                    read_fd_.reset();
-                    write_fd_.reset();
-                    control_fd_.reset();
-                    std::this_thread::sleep_for(5s);
-                    HandleError("didn't receive FUNCTIONFS_ENABLE, retrying");
-                    return;
+                    LOG(FATAL) << "poll on USB control fd returned 0";
                 }
 
                 if (pfd[1].revents) {