host.lua call of net.poll causes "nil value" error on Windows

In 2.0.X (including 2.0.8 20130708-0202) running CLI and other interface scripts (such as Syncplay) works fine, but in 2.2.0 (20130713-0006) running an interface which hosts on a port on Windows causes errors along the lines of:

[0066a4d4] [cli] lua interface error: Error loading script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\intf\cli.luac: ...ckage/win32/../../../
share/lua/intf/modules/host.lua:279: attempt to call field 'poll' (a nil value)

This might be related to Ticket #8882 (closed) which affects 2.1.X but results in an interrupt error.