diff --git a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
index 39350965544929be23958260b1562b2fbd552de3..095bd52cc0865dcf803c4df85714d3bd78e3e56d 100644
--- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
+++ b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ unsigned int has_hwp_epp;		/* IA32_HWP_REQUEST[bits 31:24] */
 unsigned int has_hwp_pkg;		/* IA32_HWP_REQUEST_PKG */
 unsigned int has_misc_feature_control;
 unsigned int first_counter_read = 1;
+int ignore_stdin;
 
 #define RAPL_PKG		(1 << 0)
 					/* 0x610 MSR_PKG_POWER_LIMIT */
@@ -3013,26 +3014,37 @@ void setup_signal_handler(void)
 
 void do_sleep(void)
 {
-	struct timeval select_timeout;
+	struct timeval tout;
+	struct timespec rest;
 	fd_set readfds;
 	int retval;
 
 	FD_ZERO(&readfds);
 	FD_SET(0, &readfds);
 
-	if (!isatty(fileno(stdin))) {
+	if (ignore_stdin) {
 		nanosleep(&interval_ts, NULL);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	select_timeout = interval_tv;
-	retval = select(1, &readfds, NULL, NULL, &select_timeout);
+	tout = interval_tv;
+	retval = select(1, &readfds, NULL, NULL, &tout);
 
 	if (retval == 1) {
 		switch (getc(stdin)) {
 		case 'q':
 			exit_requested = 1;
 			break;
+		case EOF:
+			/*
+			 * 'stdin' is a pipe closed on the other end. There
+			 * won't be any further input.
+			 */
+			ignore_stdin = 1;
+			/* Sleep the rest of the time */
+			rest.tv_sec = (tout.tv_sec + tout.tv_usec / 1000000);
+			rest.tv_nsec = (tout.tv_usec % 1000000) * 1000;
+			nanosleep(&rest, NULL);
 		}
 		/* make sure this manually-invoked interval is at least 1ms long */
 		nanosleep(&one_msec, NULL);