diff --git a/src/output/output_rtmp.cpp b/src/output/output_rtmp.cpp
index bcb68f70..40bac460 100644
--- a/src/output/output_rtmp.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_rtmp.cpp
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ namespace Mist {
   void OutRTMP::requestHandler(){
     //If needed, slow down the reading to a rate of maxbps on average
     static bool slowWarned = false;
-    while (maxbps && (Util::epoch() - myConn.connTime()) && myConn.dataDown() / (Util::epoch() - myConn.connTime()) > maxbps){
+    if (maxbps && (Util::epoch() - myConn.connTime()) && myConn.dataDown() / (Util::epoch() - myConn.connTime()) > maxbps){
       if (!slowWarned){
         WARN_MSG("Slowing down connection from %s because rate of %llukbps > %llukbps", getConnectedHost().c_str(), (myConn.dataDown() / (Util::epoch() - myConn.connTime())) / 128, maxbps / 128);
         slowWarned = true;