diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmyth/audio/audiooutputca.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmyth/audio/audiooutputca.cpp
index 5646d4c28ef..2d0cc00c28a 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmyth/audio/audiooutputca.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmyth/audio/audiooutputca.cpp
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ bool AudioOutputCA::OpenDevice()
             if (result < 0)
             {
                 d->CloseAnalog();
-                usleep(1000 * 1000);
+                usleep((1000 * 1000) - 1); // Argument to usleep must be less than 1 million
             }
         }
         deviceOpened = (result > 0);
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/diseqc.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/diseqc.cpp
index cdac1c73e18..e2183baf73f 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/diseqc.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/diseqc.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 // DiSEqC sleep intervals per eutelsat spec
 #define DISEQC_SHORT_WAIT     (15 * 1000)
 #define DISEQC_LONG_WAIT      (100 * 1000)
-#define DISEQC_POWER_OFF_WAIT (1000 * 1000)
+#define DISEQC_POWER_OFF_WAIT ((1000 * 1000) - 1)
 #define DISEQC_POWER_ON_WAIT  (500 * 1000)
 
 // Number of times to retry ioctls after receiving ETIMEDOUT before giving up