diff -urN linux-2.4.32-wt1-0/fs/eventpoll.c linux-2.4.32-wt1-1/fs/eventpoll.c
--- linux-2.4.32-wt1-0/fs/eventpoll.c	2005-12-04 22:25:32.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.4.32-wt1-1/fs/eventpoll.c	2005-12-04 22:26:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/signal.h>
@@ -1571,12 +1572,12 @@
 	wait_queue_t wait;
 
 	/*
-	 * Calculate the timeout by checking for the "infinite" value ( -1 )
-	 * and the overflow condition. The passed timeout is in milliseconds,
-	 * that why (t * HZ) / 1000.
+	 * Calculate the timeout by checking for the "infinite" value ( < 0 )
+	 * and the overflow condition. The passed timeout is in milliseconds.
 	 */
-	jtimeout = timeout == -1 || timeout > (MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT - 1000) / HZ ?
-		MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT: (timeout * HZ + 999) / 1000;
+	if (unlikely(timeout < 0 ||
+        	(jtimeout = msecs_to_jiffies(timeout)) >= MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET))
+		jtimeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
 
 retry:
 	write_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);