diff --git a/play-services-core/src/main/java/org/microg/gms/gcm/McsInputStream.java b/play-services-core/src/main/java/org/microg/gms/gcm/McsInputStream.java
index 6af11017..17d86f0e 100644
--- a/play-services-core/src/main/java/org/microg/gms/gcm/McsInputStream.java
+++ b/play-services-core/src/main/java/org/microg/gms/gcm/McsInputStream.java
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public class McsInputStream extends Thread {
                     mainHandler.dispatchMessage(mainHandler.obtainMessage(MSG_INPUT, msg));
                 } else {
                     mainHandler.dispatchMessage(mainHandler.obtainMessage(MSG_TEARDOWN, "null message"));
+                    break; // if input is empty, do not continue looping
                 }
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {