diff --git a/kombu/utils/eventio.py b/kombu/utils/eventio.py
index e9acc923..8325ae7b 100644
--- a/kombu/utils/eventio.py
+++ b/kombu/utils/eventio.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 import errno
 import socket
 
-from select import select as _selectf
+from select import select as _selectf, error as _selecterr
 
 try:
     from select import epoll
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ READ = POLL_READ = 0x001
 WRITE = POLL_WRITE = 0x004
 ERR = POLL_ERR = 0x008 | 0x010
 
+try:
+    SELECT_BAD_FD = set((errno.EBADF, errno.WSAENOTSOCK))
+except AttributeError:
+    SELECT_BAD_FD = set((errno.EBADF,))
+
 
 class Poller(object):
 
@@ -79,11 +84,9 @@ class _epoll(Poller):
     def unregister(self, fd):
         try:
             self._epoll.unregister(fd)
-        except socket.error:
+        except (socket.error, ValueError, KeyError):
             pass
-        except ValueError:
-            pass
-        except IOError, exc:
+        except (IOError, OSError), exc:
             if get_errno(exc) != errno.ENOENT:
                 raise
 
@@ -191,13 +194,30 @@ class _select(Poller):
         if events & READ:
             self._rfd.add(fd)
 
+    def _remove_bad(self):
+        for fd in self._rfd | self._wfd | self._efd:
+            try:
+                _selectf([fd], [], [], 0)
+            except _selecterr, exc:
+                if get_errno(exc) in SELECT_BAD_FD:
+                    self.unregister(fd)
+
     def unregister(self, fd):
         self._rfd.discard(fd)
         self._wfd.discard(fd)
         self._efd.discard(fd)
 
     def _poll(self, timeout):
-        read, write, error = _selectf(self._rfd, self._wfd, self._efd, timeout)
+        try:
+            read, write, error = _selectf(
+                self._rfd, self._wfd, self._efd, timeout,
+            )
+        except _selecterr, exc:
+            if get_errno(exc) == errno.EINTR:
+                return
+            elif get_errno(exc) in SELECT_BAD_FD:
+                self._remove_bad()
+
         events = {}
         for fd in read:
             if not isinstance(fd, int):