1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/sound/pci/mixart/mixart.c b/sound/pci/mixart/mixart.c
index 082c0d0f73d2..6c868d913634 100644
--- a/sound/pci/mixart/mixart.c
+++ b/sound/pci/mixart/mixart.c
@@ -445,9 +445,9 @@ static int snd_mixart_trigger(snd_pcm_substream_t *subs, int cmd)
 
 static int mixart_sync_nonblock_events(mixart_mgr_t *mgr)
 {
-        int timeout = HZ;
+        unsigned long timeout = jiffies + HZ;
         while (atomic_read(&mgr->msg_processed) > 0) {
-                if (! timeout--) {
+                if (time_after(jiffies, timeout)) {
                         snd_printk(KERN_ERR "mixart: cannot process nonblock events!\n");
                         return -EBUSY;
                 }