diff --git a/src/conn.rs b/src/conn.rs
index f8f8149..564b7e7 100644
--- a/src/conn.rs
+++ b/src/conn.rs
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ impl<const N: usize, P: ConnectionPeer> Connection<N, P> {
         tokio::pin!(idle_timeout);
         loop {
             tokio::select! {
+                biased;
                 Some(event) = stream_events.recv() => {
                     match event {
                         StreamEvent::Incoming(packet) => {
@@ -263,12 +264,6 @@ impl<const N: usize, P: ConnectionPeer> Connection<N, P> {
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                Some(Ok(timeout)) = self.unacked.next() => {
-                    let (seq, packet) = timeout;
-                    tracing::debug!(seq, ack = %packet.ack_num(), packet = ?packet.packet_type(), "timeout");
-
-                    self.on_timeout(packet, Instant::now());
-                }
                 Some(write) = writes.recv(), if !shutting_down => {
                     // Reset the idle timeout on any new write.
                     let idle_deadline = tokio::time::Instant::now() + self.config.max_idle_timeout;
@@ -285,6 +280,12 @@ impl<const N: usize, P: ConnectionPeer> Connection<N, P> {
                 _ = self.writable.notified() => {
                     self.process_writes(Instant::now());
                 }
+                Some(Ok(timeout)) = self.unacked.next() => {
+                    let (seq, packet) = timeout;
+                    tracing::debug!(seq, ack = %packet.ack_num(), packet = ?packet.packet_type(), "timeout");
+
+                    self.on_timeout(packet, Instant::now());
+                }
                 () = &mut idle_timeout => {
                     if !std::matches!(self.state, State::Closed { .. }) {
                         let unacked: Vec<u16> = self.unacked.keys().copied().collect();