diff --git a/src/inotify.rs b/src/inotify.rs
index 3a4c4c9f..5277e0ab 100644
--- a/src/inotify.rs
+++ b/src/inotify.rs
@@ -416,10 +416,11 @@ impl EventLoop {
                             let cookie = rename_event.tracker().unwrap(); // unwrap is safe because rename_event is always set with some cookie
                             thread::spawn(move || {
                                 thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)); // wait up to 10 ms for a subsequent event
-                                event_loop_tx
-                                    .send(EventLoopMsg::RenameTimeout(cookie))
-                                    .unwrap();
-                                waker.wake().unwrap();
+
+                                // An error here means the other end of the channel was closed, a thing that can
+                                // happen normally.
+                                let _ = event_loop_tx.send(EventLoopMsg::RenameTimeout(cookie));
+                                let _ = waker.wake();
                             });
                         }
                     }