diff --git a/udp/udp_linux.go b/udp/udp_linux.go
index a90e96d3..5b5d4ea1 100644
--- a/udp/udp_linux.go
+++ b/udp/udp_linux.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/netip"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics"
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
+var readTimeout = unix.NsecToTimeval(int64(3 * time.Second))
+
 type StdConn struct {
 	sysFd int
 	isV4  bool
@@ -47,6 +50,11 @@ func NewListener(l *logrus.Logger, ip netip.Addr, port int, multi bool, batch in
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Set a read timeout
+	if err = unix.SetsockoptTimeval(fd, unix.SOL_SOCKET, unix.SO_RCVTIMEO, &readTimeout); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to set SO_RCVTIMEO: %s", err)
+	}
+
 	var sa unix.Sockaddr
 	if ip.Is4() {
 		sa4 := &unix.SockaddrInet4{Port: port}
@@ -154,6 +162,9 @@ func (u *StdConn) ReadSingle(msgs []rawMessage) (int, error) {
 		)
 
 		if err != 0 {
+			if err == unix.EAGAIN || err == unix.EINTR {
+				continue
+			}
 			return 0, &net.OpError{Op: "recvmsg", Err: err}
 		}
 
@@ -175,6 +186,9 @@ func (u *StdConn) ReadMulti(msgs []rawMessage) (int, error) {
 		)
 
 		if err != 0 {
+			if err == unix.EAGAIN || err == unix.EINTR {
+				continue
+			}
 			return 0, &net.OpError{Op: "recvmmsg", Err: err}
 		}
 
@@ -301,7 +315,6 @@ func (u *StdConn) getMemInfo(meminfo *[unix.SK_MEMINFO_VARS]uint32) error {
 }
 
 func (u *StdConn) Close() error {
-	_ = syscall.Shutdown(u.sysFd, syscall.SHUT_RDWR)
 	return syscall.Close(u.sysFd)
 }