diff --git a/src/platform/redox/epoll.rs b/src/platform/redox/epoll.rs
index fdbb8680b0..7d238fc5ee 100644
--- a/src/platform/redox/epoll.rs
+++ b/src/platform/redox/epoll.rs
@@ -123,17 +123,11 @@ impl PalEpoll for Sys {
         let mut count = 0;
         for i in 0..read {
             unsafe {
-                let event_ptr = events.add(i);
+                let event_ptr = (events.cast::<Event>()).add(i);
                 let target_ptr = events.add(count);
-                let event = *event_ptr.cast::<Event>();
-                *target_ptr = epoll_event {
-                    events: event_flags_to_epoll(event.flags),
-                    data: epoll_data {
-                        u64: event.data as u64,
-                    },
-                    ..Default::default()
-                };
-                count += 1;
+                if convert_event(event_ptr, target_ptr) {
+                    count += 1;
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -141,6 +135,21 @@ impl PalEpoll for Sys {
     }
 }
 
+unsafe fn convert_event(event_ptr: *const Event, target_ptr: *mut epoll_event) -> bool {
+    let event = *event_ptr;
+    if event.id == syscall::EVENT_TIMEOUT_ID {
+        return false;
+    }
+    *target_ptr = epoll_event {
+        events: event_flags_to_epoll(event.flags),
+        data: epoll_data {
+            u64: event.data as u64,
+        },
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    true
+}
+
 fn register_timeout(epfd: i32, timeout: i32) -> Result<usize, Errno> {
     if timeout < 0 {
         return Err(Errno(EINVAL));
@@ -154,3 +163,76 @@ fn register_timeout(epfd: i32, timeout: i32) -> Result<usize, Errno> {
         },
     )
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::convert_event;
+    use crate::header::sys_epoll::{EPOLLIN, epoll_event};
+    use core::mem;
+    use syscall::{data::Event, flag::EVENT_READ};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn timeout_event_is_filtered_out() {
+        assert_eq!(mem::size_of::<epoll_event>(), mem::size_of::<Event>());
+
+        let timeout = Event {
+            id: syscall::EVENT_TIMEOUT_ID,
+            flags: EVENT_READ,
+            data: 0xCAFE,
+        };
+        let legitimate = Event {
+            id: 7,
+            flags: EVENT_READ,
+            data: 0xBEEF,
+        };
+
+        let mut target: epoll_event = unsafe { mem::zeroed() };
+        let accepted = unsafe { convert_event(&timeout, &mut target as *mut _) };
+        assert!(!accepted, "kernel-injected EVENT_TIMEOUT_ID must be skipped");
+        assert_eq!(target.data.u64, 0, "timeout event must not write the target slot");
+
+        let accepted = unsafe { convert_event(&legitimate, &mut target as *mut _) };
+        assert!(accepted);
+        unsafe {
+            assert_eq!((target.events as u32) & EPOLLIN, EPOLLIN);
+        }
+        assert_eq!(target.data.u64, 0xBEEF);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn pointer_arithmetic_uses_event_strides() {
+        let events = [
+            Event {
+                id: 1,
+                flags: EVENT_READ,
+                data: 0xA1,
+            },
+            Event {
+                id: syscall::EVENT_TIMEOUT_ID,
+                flags: EVENT_READ,
+                data: 0xA2,
+            },
+            Event {
+                id: 3,
+                flags: EVENT_READ,
+                data: 0xA3,
+            },
+        ];
+        let mut targets: [epoll_event; 3] = unsafe { mem::zeroed() };
+
+        let mut out = 0;
+        for i in 0..events.len() {
+            unsafe {
+                let src = (&events as *const Event).add(i);
+                let dst = (&mut targets as *mut epoll_event).add(out);
+                if convert_event(src, dst) {
+                    out += 1;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        assert_eq!(out, 2, "exactly one EVENT_TIMEOUT_ID entry is dropped");
+        assert_eq!(targets[0].data.u64, 0xA1);
+        assert_eq!(targets[1].data.u64, 0xA3);
+    }
+}