1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/vi.c b/editors/vi.c
index 6902b7688..3c3d759e5 100644
--- a/editors/vi.c
+++ b/editors/vi.c
@@ -2280,7 +2280,7 @@ static char readit(void)	// read (maybe cursor) key from stdin
                                         struct pollfd pfd;
                                         pfd.fd = 0;
                                         pfd.events = POLLIN;
-                                        if (0 < safe_poll(&pfd, 1, 0)
+                                        if (0 < safe_poll(&pfd, 1, 300)
                                                 && 0 < safe_read(0, readbuffer + n, 1))
                                                         n++;