diff --git a/Lib/test/test_kqueue.py b/Lib/test/test_kqueue.py
index 901295b..a0ab860 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_kqueue.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_kqueue.py
@@ -162,6 +162,22 @@
         server.close()
         serverSocket.close()
 
+    def testPair(self):
+        kq = select.kqueue()
+        a, b = socket.socketpair()
+
+        a.send(b'foo')
+        event1 = select.kevent(a, select.KQ_FILTER_READ, select.KQ_EV_ADD | select.KQ_EV_ENABLE)
+        event2 = select.kevent(b, select.KQ_FILTER_READ, select.KQ_EV_ADD | select.KQ_EV_ENABLE)
+        r = kq.control([event1, event2], 1, 1)
+        self.assertTrue(r)
+        self.assertFalse(r[0].flags & select.KQ_EV_ERROR)
+        self.assertEquals(b.recv(r[0].data), b'foo')
+
+        a.close()
+        b.close()
+        kq.close()
+
 def test_main():
     test_support.run_unittest(TestKQueue)
 
diff --git a/Modules/selectmodule.c b/Modules/selectmodule.c
index d8a68c5..c52a5f9 100644
--- a/Modules/selectmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/selectmodule.c
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@
 	if (nevents < 0) {
 		PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError,
 			"Length of eventlist must be 0 or positive, got %d",
-			nchanges);
+			nevents);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -1545,6 +1545,7 @@
 			PyErr_NoMemory();
 			return NULL;
 		}
+		i = 0;
 		while ((ei = PyIter_Next(it)) != NULL) {
 			if (!kqueue_event_Check(ei)) {
 				Py_DECREF(ei);
@@ -1553,7 +1554,7 @@
 				 	"select.kevent objects");
 				goto error;
 			} else {
-				chl[i] = ((kqueue_event_Object *)ei)->e;
+				chl[i++] = ((kqueue_event_Object *)ei)->e;
 			}
 			Py_DECREF(ei);
 		}
@@ -1584,7 +1585,7 @@
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	for (i=0; i < gotevents; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < gotevents; i++) {
 		kqueue_event_Object *ch;
 
 		ch = PyObject_New(kqueue_event_Object, &kqueue_event_Type);