1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/timeout.c b/coreutils/timeout.c
index 18aa9ebeb..84299a0a5 100644
--- a/coreutils/timeout.c
+++ b/coreutils/timeout.c
@@ -47,11 +47,16 @@
 
 #include "libbb.h"
 
-static NOINLINE int timeout_wait(int timeout, pid_t pid)
+static NOINLINE int timeout_wait(duration_t timeout, pid_t pid)
 {
         /* Just sleep(HUGE_NUM); kill(parent) may kill wrong process! */
         while (1) {
-                sleep1();
+#if ENABLE_FLOAT_DURATION
+                if (timeout < 1)
+                        sleep_for_duration(timeout);
+                else
+#endif
+                        sleep1();
                 if (--timeout <= 0)
                         break;
                 if (kill(pid, 0)) {
@@ -68,8 +73,8 @@ int timeout_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         int signo;
         int status;
         int parent = 0;
-        int timeout;
-        int kill_timeout;
+        duration_t timeout;
+        duration_t kill_timeout;
         pid_t pid;
 #if !BB_MMU
         char *sv1, *sv2;