1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/process.c b/src/process.c
index 26a18545f8e..50952bf1647 100644
--- a/src/process.c
+++ b/src/process.c
@@ -4411,8 +4411,11 @@ wait_reading_process_output (time_limit, microsecs, read_kbd, do_display,
       /* If status of something has changed, and no input is
          available, notify the user of the change right away.  After
          this explicit check, we'll let the SIGCHLD handler zap
-         timeout to get our attention.  */
-      if (update_tick != process_tick && do_display)
+         timeout to get our attention.  When Emacs is run
+         interactively, only do this with a nonzero DO_DISPLAY
+         argument, because status_notify triggers redisplay.  */
+      if (update_tick != process_tick
+          && (do_display || noninteractive))
         {
           SELECT_TYPE Atemp;
 #ifdef NON_BLOCKING_CONNECT