*/
 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;
 
                        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;
 
        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");
 
    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)
                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;
                                }