diff --git a/core/gateway.c b/core/gateway.c
index a9c72db1..af0b4ee3 100644
--- a/core/gateway.c
+++ b/core/gateway.c
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ struct uwsgi_gateway *register_gateway(char *name, void (*loop) (int, void *), v
 	return ug;
 }
 
+static void gateway_brutal_end() {
+	_exit(UWSGI_END_CODE);
+}
+
 void gateway_respawn(int id) {
 
 	pid_t gw_pid;
@@ -65,6 +69,7 @@ void gateway_respawn(int id) {
 		}
 #endif
 		uwsgi.mypid = getpid();
+		atexit(gateway_brutal_end);
 		signal(SIGALRM, SIG_IGN);
 		signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN);
 		signal(SIGINT, end_me);
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ void gateway_respawn(int id) {
 
 		ug->loop(id, ug->data);
 		// never here !!! (i hope)
-		exit(1);
+		_exit(1);
 	}
 
 	ug->pid = gw_pid;
diff --git a/plugins/corerouter/corerouter.c b/plugins/corerouter/corerouter.c
index 75db862e..9e617e43 100644
--- a/plugins/corerouter/corerouter.c
+++ b/plugins/corerouter/corerouter.c
@@ -834,23 +834,7 @@ void uwsgi_corerouter_loop(int id, void *data) {
 				}
 
 				// not having a hook could mean a previous event in the loop cleared it...
-				if (!hook) {
-					// a single event cannot be unexpected..
-					if (nevents == 1) {
-						if (interesting_fd == cr_session->instance_fd) {
-							uwsgi_log("[uwsgi-corerouter] BUG, unexpected event received from backend instance (fd: %d nevents: %d) !!!\n", interesting_fd, nevents);
-						}
-						else if (interesting_fd == cr_session->fd) {
-							uwsgi_log("[uwsgi-corerouter] BUG, unexpected event received from client (fd: %d nevents: %d)!!!\n", interesting_fd, nevents);
-						}
-						else {
-							uwsgi_log("[uwsgi-corerouter] BUG, unexpected event received !!!\n");
-						}
-						corerouter_close_session(ucr, cr_session);
-					}
-					continue;
-				}
-
+				if (!hook) continue;
 				// reset errno (as we use it for internal signalling)
 				errno = 0;
 				ssize_t ret = hook(cr_session);