diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-12-03-19-45-00.bpo-35310.9k28gR.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-12-03-19-45-00.bpo-35310.9k28gR.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ab2e168c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-12-03-19-45-00.bpo-35310.9k28gR.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Fix a bug in :func:`select.select` where, in some cases, the file descriptor
+sequences were returned unmodified after a signal interruption, even though the
+file descriptors might not be ready yet.  :func:`select.select` will now always
+return empty lists if a timeout has occurred.  Patch by Oran Avraham.
diff --git a/Modules/selectmodule.c b/Modules/selectmodule.c
index 63266af4dce..88679e81449 100644
--- a/Modules/selectmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/selectmodule.c
@@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ select_select(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
         if (tvp) {
             timeout = deadline - _PyTime_GetMonotonicClock();
             if (timeout < 0) {
+                /* bpo-35310: lists were unmodified -- clear them explicitly */
+                FD_ZERO(&ifdset);
+                FD_ZERO(&ofdset);
+                FD_ZERO(&efdset);
                 n = 0;
                 break;
             }