diff --git a/src/listener.c b/src/listener.c
index c4ee3c3..6370a9f 100644
--- a/src/listener.c
+++ b/src/listener.c
@@ -343,6 +343,9 @@
 	    !(proc_mask(l->rx.settings->bind_proc) & pid_bit))
 		goto end;
 
+	if (l->state <= LI_PAUSED)
+		goto end;
+
 	if (l->rx.proto->pause) {
 		/* Returns < 0 in case of failure, 0 if the listener
 		 * was totally stopped, or > 0 if correctly paused.