diff --git a/sound/usb/usbaudio.c b/sound/usb/usbaudio.c
index 3eaa08e..f2b760d 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usbaudio.c
+++ b/sound/usb/usbaudio.c
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@
  */
 static int wait_clear_urbs(snd_usb_substream_t *subs)
 {
-	int timeout = HZ;
+	unsigned long end_time = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(1000);
 	unsigned int i;
 	int alive;
 
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@
 			break;
 		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		schedule_timeout(1);
-	} while (--timeout > 0);
+	} while (time_before(jiffies, end_time));
 	if (alive)
 		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "timeout: still %d active urbs..\n", alive);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/sound/usb/usx2y/usX2Yhwdep.c b/sound/usb/usx2y/usX2Yhwdep.c
index bef9b0c..0281a36 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usx2y/usX2Yhwdep.c
+++ b/sound/usb/usx2y/usX2Yhwdep.c
@@ -232,8 +232,7 @@
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	if (dsp->index == 1) {
-		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-		schedule_timeout(HZ/4);			// give the device some time 
+		msleep(250);				// give the device some time
 		err = usX2Y_AsyncSeq04_init(priv);
 		if (err) {
 			snd_printk("usX2Y_AsyncSeq04_init error \n");
diff --git a/sound/usb/usx2y/usx2yhwdeppcm.c b/sound/usb/usx2y/usx2yhwdeppcm.c
index bb2c8e9..ef280612 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usx2y/usx2yhwdeppcm.c
+++ b/sound/usb/usx2y/usx2yhwdeppcm.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
    Currently rawusb dma pcm buffer transport (this file) is only available to snd-usb-usx2y. 
 */
 
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include "usbusx2yaudio.c"
 
 #if defined(USX2Y_NRPACKS_VARIABLE) || (!defined(USX2Y_NRPACKS_VARIABLE) &&  USX2Y_NRPACKS == 1)
@@ -520,11 +521,8 @@
 		usX2Y->hwdep_pcm_shm->playback_iso_start = -1;
 		if (atomic_read(&subs->state) < state_PREPARED) {
 			while (usX2Y_iso_frames_per_buffer(runtime, usX2Y) > usX2Y->hwdep_pcm_shm->captured_iso_frames) {
-				signed long timeout;
 				snd_printd("Wait: iso_frames_per_buffer=%i,captured_iso_frames=%i\n", usX2Y_iso_frames_per_buffer(runtime, usX2Y), usX2Y->hwdep_pcm_shm->captured_iso_frames);
-				set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-				timeout = schedule_timeout(HZ/100 + 1);
-				if (signal_pending(current)) {
+				if (msleep_interruptible(10)) {
 					err = -ERESTARTSYS;
 					goto up_prepare_mutex;
 				}