diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/base.py b/gunicorn/workers/base.py
index 3367521d..c00101df 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/base.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/base.py
@@ -254,4 +254,4 @@ class Worker(object):
 
     def handle_winch(self, sig, fname):
         # Ignore SIGWINCH in worker. Fixes a crash on OpenBSD.
-        return
+        self.log.debug("worker: SIGWINCH ignored.")
diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/sync.py b/gunicorn/workers/sync.py
index 82943dec..1d2ce2f6 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/sync.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/sync.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class SyncWorker(base.Worker):
             self.notify()
             ret = select.select(self.wait_fds, [], [], timeout)
             if ret[0]:
+                if self.PIPE[0] in ret[0]:
+                    os.read(self.PIPE[0], 1)
                 return ret[0]
 
         except select.error as e: