diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_Files.cpp b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_Files.cpp
index e0701dadc0..04843e07ab 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_Files.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_Files.cpp
@@ -1150,7 +1150,10 @@ private:
     bool waitForIO (OverlappedEvent& over, int timeOutMilliseconds)
     {
         if (shouldStop)
+        {
+            CancelIo (pipeH);
             return false;
+        }
 
         HANDLE handles[] = { over.over.hEvent, cancelEvent };
         DWORD waitResult = WaitForMultipleObjects (2, handles, FALSE,