1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/editors/vi.c b/editors/vi.c
index 75e158cfc..a75735945 100644
--- a/editors/vi.c
+++ b/editors/vi.c
@@ -2280,8 +2280,9 @@ static char readit(void)	// read (maybe cursor) key from stdin
                                         struct pollfd pfd;
                                         pfd.fd = 0;
                                         pfd.events = POLLIN;
-                                        // Rob needed 300ms timeout on qemu
-                                        if (safe_poll(&pfd, 1, /*timeout:*/ 300)) {
+                                        // Timeout is needed to reconnect escape sequences split
+                                        // up by transmission over a serial console.
+                                        if (safe_poll(&pfd, 1, 25)) {
                                                 if (safe_read(0, readbuffer + n, 1) <= 0)
                                                         goto error;
                                                 n++;