diff --git a/server/src/ipc/event_listener.cpp b/server/src/ipc/event_listener.cpp
index ac00802a..2b204775 100644
--- a/server/src/ipc/event_listener.cpp
+++ b/server/src/ipc/event_listener.cpp
@@ -405,6 +405,11 @@ void EnqueueTask(TaskType type)
 
 void EventListenerLoopThread()
 {
+    BOOL fConnected = ConnectNamedPipe(hPipe, NULL) ? TRUE : (GetLastError() == ERROR_PIPE_CONNECTED);
+    if (!fConnected)
+    {
+        DisconnectNamedPipe(hPipe);
+    }
     int numEvents = FANY_IME_EVENT_ARRAY.size();
     while (true)
     {