diff --git a/src/proto_uxdg.c b/src/proto_uxdg.c
index 3db94f1..36f4c59 100644
--- a/src/proto_uxdg.c
+++ b/src/proto_uxdg.c
@@ -126,17 +126,20 @@
 }
 
 /* Suspend a receiver. Returns < 0 in case of failure, 0 if the receiver
- * was totally stopped, or > 0 if correctly suspended. Nothing is done for
- * plain unix sockets since currently it's the new process which handles
- * the renaming. Abstract sockets are completely unbound and closed so
- * there's no need to stop the poller.
+ * was totally stopped, or > 0 if correctly suspended. For plain unix sockets
+ * we only disable the listener to prevent data from being handled but nothing
+ * more is done since currently it's the new process which handles the renaming.
+ * Abstract sockets are completely unbound and closed so there's no need to stop
+ * the poller.
  */
 static int uxdg_suspend_receiver(struct receiver *rx)
 {
         struct listener *l = LIST_ELEM(rx, struct listener *, rx);
 
-        if (((struct sockaddr_un *)&rx->addr)->sun_path[0])
+        if (((struct sockaddr_un *)&rx->addr)->sun_path[0]) {
+		uxdg_disable_listener(l);
                 return 1;
+	}
 
         /* Listener's lock already held. Call lockless version of
          * unbind_listener. */