diff --git a/src/kits/network/libnetapi/AbstractSocket.cpp b/src/kits/network/libnetapi/AbstractSocket.cpp
index cc928f18de..e8ccf531fd 100644
--- a/src/kits/network/libnetapi/AbstractSocket.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/network/libnetapi/AbstractSocket.cpp
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ BAbstractSocket::_WaitFor(int flags, bigtime_t timeout) const
 	entry.fd = Socket();
 	entry.events = flags;
 
-	int result = poll(&entry, 1, -1);
+	int result = poll(&entry, 1, millis);
 	if (result < 0)
 		return errno;
 	if (result == 0)