diff --git a/toxcore/TCP_server.c b/toxcore/TCP_server.c
index fdab4870d..2dcd6f50d 100644
--- a/toxcore/TCP_server.c
+++ b/toxcore/TCP_server.c
@@ -1031,6 +1031,13 @@ static void do_TCP_unconfirmed(TCP_Server *TCP_server)
 
 static void do_TCP_confirmed(TCP_Server *TCP_server)
 {
+#ifdef TCP_SERVER_USE_EPOLL
+
+    if (TCP_server->last_run_pinged == unix_time())
+        return;
+
+    TCP_server->last_run_pinged = unix_time();
+#endif
     uint32_t i;
 
     for (i = 0; i < TCP_server->size_accepted_connections; ++i) {
diff --git a/toxcore/TCP_server.h b/toxcore/TCP_server.h
index e28567261..1573d212a 100644
--- a/toxcore/TCP_server.h
+++ b/toxcore/TCP_server.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 #ifdef TCP_SERVER_USE_EPOLL
     int efd;
+    uint64_t last_run_pinged;
 #endif
     sock_t *socks_listening;
     unsigned int num_listening_socks;