diff --git a/server/src/path.c b/server/src/path.c
index 0ae8796a6..ad00f3252 100644
--- a/server/src/path.c
+++ b/server/src/path.c
@@ -23,8 +23,24 @@
 /** Linked list of paths. */
 struct list paths;
 
+static void path_write(struct path *p)
+{
+	FOREACH(&p->destinations, it) {
+		int sent = node_write(
+			it->node,			/* Destination node */
+			p->pool,			/* Pool of received messages */
+			p->poolsize,			/* Size of the pool */
+			p->received-it->node->combine,	/* Index of the first message which should be sent */
+			it->node->combine		/* Number of messages which should be sent */
+		);
+
+		debug(1, "Sent %u  messages to node '%s'", sent, it->node->name);
+		p->sent += sent;
+	}
+}
+
 /** Send messages asynchronously */
-static void * path_send(void *arg)
+static void * path_run_async(void *arg)
 {
 	struct path *p = arg;
 	struct itimerspec its = {
@@ -39,14 +55,9 @@ static void * path_send(void *arg)
 	if (timerfd_settime(p->tfd, 0, &its, NULL))
 		serror("Failed to start timer");
 
-		
-		FOREACH(&p->destinations, it)
-			p->sent += node_write(p->in, p->pool, p->poolsize, p->received, p->in->combine);
-		
-		debug(10, "Sent %u messages to %u destination nodes", p->in->combine, p->destinations.length);
-	}
 	/* Block until 1/p->rate seconds elapsed */
 	while (timerfd_wait(p->tfd))	
+		path_write(p);
 
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -116,12 +127,8 @@ skip:	while (1) {
 		}
 		
 		/* At fixed rate mode, messages are send by another thread */
-		if (!p->rate) {
-			FOREACH(&p->destinations, it)
-				node_write(p->in, p->pool, p->poolsize, p->received, p->in->combine);
-
-			p->sent++;
-		}
+		if (!p->rate)
+			path_write(p);
 	}
 
 	return NULL;
@@ -136,7 +143,7 @@ int path_start(struct path *p)
 
 	/* At fixed rate mode, we start another thread for sending */
 	if (p->rate)
-		pthread_create(&p->sent_tid, NULL, &path_send, p);
+		pthread_create(&p->sent_tid, NULL, &path_run_async, p);
 
 	return  pthread_create(&p->recv_tid, NULL, &path_run,  p);
 }