diff -rup -X dontdiff linux/fs/reiserfs/journal.c linux.patched/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
--- linux/fs/reiserfs/journal.c	Mon Nov 19 21:17:03 2001
+++ linux.patched/fs/reiserfs/journal.c	Mon Nov 19 21:36:38 2001
@@ -1851,7 +1851,7 @@ static int reiserfs_journal_commit_threa
       break ;
     }
     wake_up(&reiserfs_commit_thread_done) ;
-    interruptible_sleep_on_timeout(&reiserfs_commit_thread_wait, 5) ;
+    interruptible_sleep_on_timeout(&reiserfs_commit_thread_wait, 5 * HZ) ;
   }
   unlock_kernel() ;
   wake_up(&reiserfs_commit_thread_done) ;