diff --git a/respodns/ip_util.py b/respodns/ip_util.py
index e9ef747..33b05ee 100644
--- a/respodns/ip_util.py
+++ b/respodns/ip_util.py
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ def ip_reader_worker(fp, queue):
 
 class IpReader:
     def __init__(self, *paths_and_handles):
-        from queue import Queue
+        from queue import SimpleQueue
 
         self.fps = paths_and_handles
-        self.queue = Queue()
+        self.queue = SimpleQueue()
         self.threads = []
         self.total = 0
 
@@ -56,23 +56,25 @@ class IpReader:
         return any(thread.is_alive() for thread in self.threads)
 
     def __iter__(self):
-        from queue import Empty
+        from queue import SimpleQueue, Empty
         from sys import stderr
 
         def _next():
+            results = SimpleQueue()
             while self.is_running() or not self.queue.empty():
-                results = []
-                if self.queue.empty():
+                if self.queue.empty() and results.empty():
                     try:
-                        results.append(self.queue.get(timeout=1.0))
+                        results.put(self.queue.get(timeout=1.0))
+                        self.total += 1
                     except Empty:
                         print("blocking on IpReader", file=stderr)
-                else:
-                    while not self.queue.empty():
-                        results.append(self.queue.get())
-                self.total += len(results)
-                for res in results:
-                    yield res
+                while not self.queue.empty():
+                    results.put(self.queue.get())
+                    self.total += 1
+                if not results.empty():
+                    yield results.get()
+            while not results.empty():
+                yield results.get()
 
         return _next()