diff --git a/neovim/msgpack_rpc/event_loop/asyncio.py b/neovim/msgpack_rpc/event_loop/asyncio.py
index 87ce79a4..1b281354 100644
--- a/neovim/msgpack_rpc/event_loop/asyncio.py
+++ b/neovim/msgpack_rpc/event_loop/asyncio.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def pipe_connection_lost(self, fd, exc):
 
     def pipe_data_received(self, fd, data):
         """Used to signal `asyncio.SubprocessProtocol` of incoming data."""
-        if fd == sys.stderr.fileno():
+        if fd == 2:  # stderr fd number
             self._on_stderr(data)
         elif self._on_data:
             self._on_data(data)