--- a/fs/eventpoll.c	2005-09-23 10:06:45.000000000 -0700
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c	2005-09-23 10:09:35.000000000 -0700
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@
 	 * and the overflow condition. The passed timeout is in milliseconds,
 	 * that why (t * HZ) / 1000.
 	 */
-	jtimeout = timeout == -1 || timeout > (MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT - 1000) / HZ ?
+	jtimeout = timeout < 0 || timeout > (MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT - 1000) / HZ ?
 		MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT: (timeout * HZ + 999) / 1000;
 
 retry: