diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index 5a08a9d76..2a2143742 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ static void sighandler(gpointer x) {
 	sigaddset(&ss, SIGUSR1);
 	sigaddset(&ss, SIGUSR2);
 
-	ts.tv_sec = 10;
-	ts.tv_nsec = 0;
+	ts.tv_sec = thread_sleep_time / 1000;
+	ts.tv_nsec = (thread_sleep_time % 1000) * 1000 * 1000;
 
 	while (!rtpe_shutdown) {
 		thread_cancel_enable();
diff --git a/daemon/poller.c b/daemon/poller.c
index be6f73adb..e07b393ea 100644
--- a/daemon/poller.c
+++ b/daemon/poller.c
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ void poller_loop2(void *d) {
 	struct poller *p = d;
 
 	while (!rtpe_shutdown) {
-		int ret = poller_poll(p, 10000);
+		int ret = poller_poll(p, thread_sleep_time);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			usleep(20 * 1000);
 	}
diff --git a/include/aux.h b/include/aux.h
index 1092bd334..32126831f 100644
--- a/include/aux.h
+++ b/include/aux.h
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ INLINE void thread_create_detach(void (*f)(void *), void *a, const char *name) {
 
 #define thread_cancel_enable() pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE, NULL)
 #define thread_cancel_disable() pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, NULL)
+#define thread_sleep_time 10000 /* ms */