diff -dru pgpool-II-2.0-beta1/main.c pgpool-II-2.0-beta1.fjo/main.c
--- pgpool-II-2.0-beta1/main.c	2007-10-17 12:23:43.000000000 +0200
+++ pgpool-II-2.0-beta1.fjo/main.c	2007-11-07 09:59:51.000000000 +0100
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 static int pool_pause(struct timeval *timeout);
 static void pool_sleep(unsigned int second);
 static void kill_all_children(int sig);
+static int drop_pending_connections(void);
 
 static RETSIGTYPE exit_handler(int sig);
 static RETSIGTYPE reap_handler(int sig);
@@ -368,6 +369,10 @@
 	{
 		inet_fd = create_inet_domain_socket(pool_config->listen_addresses, pool_config->port);
 	}
+	else
+	{
+		inet_fd = -1;
+	}
 
 	size = pool_config->num_init_children * pool_config->max_pool * sizeof(ConnectionInfo);
 	con_info = pool_shared_memory_create(size);
@@ -458,6 +463,8 @@
 	{
 		CHECK_REQUEST;
 
+		drop_pending_connections();
+
 		/* do we need health checking for PostgreSQL? */
 		if (pool_config->health_check_period > 0)
 		{
@@ -1756,3 +1763,48 @@
 
 	return r;
 }
+
+static int drop_pending_connections(void)
+{
+	struct timeval tv;
+	fd_set afds;
+	int status, new_conn;
+	struct sockaddr_in sin;
+	socklen_t sin_len;
+
+	/* no inet socket */
+	if (inet_fd == -1)
+		return 0;
+
+	while (Req_info->conn_counter >= pool_config->num_init_children) {
+		/* check inet socket for pending connection */
+		FD_ZERO(&afds);
+		FD_SET(inet_fd, &afds);
+
+		tv.tv_sec = 0;
+		tv.tv_usec = 0;
+
+		status = select(inet_fd + 1, &afds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
+		if (status < 0)
+			return -1;
+		if (status == 0)
+			break;
+
+		/* accept connection and close it immediately */
+		sin_len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
+		new_conn = accept(inet_fd, &sin, &sin_len);
+
+		if (new_conn < 0)
+			return -1;
+
+		if (shutdown(new_conn, SHUT_RDWR) < 0)
+			return -1;
+
+		pool_log("drop_pending_connections: %i current connections >= "
+				"num_init_children %i",
+				Req_info->conn_counter,
+				pool_config->num_init_children);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}