diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-11-25-14-53-00.bpo-35310.75QGfz.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-11-25-14-53-00.bpo-35310.75QGfz.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..586db9fc1f61be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-11-25-14-53-00.bpo-35310.75QGfz.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix a bug in ``select.select()`` where a retry does not occur on EINTR if the
+deadline has already passed after running the signal handlers.  Patch by Oran
+Avraham.
diff --git a/Modules/selectmodule.c b/Modules/selectmodule.c
index d86727a8978dc0..69d2a2b7eb67fa 100644
--- a/Modules/selectmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/selectmodule.c
@@ -335,8 +335,8 @@ select_select_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *rlist, PyObject *wlist,
         if (tvp) {
             timeout = deadline - _PyTime_GetMonotonicClock();
             if (timeout < 0) {
-                n = 0;
-                break;
+                timeout = 0;
+                /* retry select() with a non-blocking call */
             }
             _PyTime_AsTimeval_noraise(timeout, &tv, _PyTime_ROUND_CEILING);
             /* retry select() with the recomputed timeout */