diff --git a/etc/inc/util.inc b/etc/inc/util.inc
index 70b862c47e..7dfdf8d189 100644
--- a/etc/inc/util.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/util.inc
@@ -166,16 +166,9 @@ function send_multiple_events($cmds) {
 			
 	if (!is_array($cmds))
 		return;
-	$fd = fsockopen($g['event_address']);
-	if ($fd) {
-		foreach ($cmds as $cmd) {
-			fwrite($fd, $cmd);
-			$resp = fread($fd, 4096);
-			if ($resp != "OK\n")
-				log_error("send_event: sent {$cmd} got {$resp}");
-		}
-		fclose($fd);
-	}
+
+	foreach ($cmds as $cmd)
+		send_event($cmd);
 }
 
 function refcount_init($reference) {