diff --git a/sectionfilter.c b/sectionfilter.c
index 7b94a52..8aa1e39 100644
--- a/sectionfilter.c
+++ b/sectionfilter.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ bool cSatipSectionFilterHandler::Send(void)
       }
 
   // anyone ready for writing
-  if (poll(pollFdsM, eMaxSecFilterCount, 10) <= 0)
+  if (poll(pollFdsM, eMaxSecFilterCount, eSecFilterSendTimeoutMs) <= 0)
      return false;
 
   // send data
diff --git a/sectionfilter.h b/sectionfilter.h
index 4d3195d..750538a 100644
--- a/sectionfilter.h
+++ b/sectionfilter.h
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ public:
 class cSatipSectionFilterHandler : public cThread {
 private:
   enum {
-    eMaxSecFilterCount = 32
+    eMaxSecFilterCount = 32,
+    eSecFilterSendTimeoutMs = 10
   };
   cRingBufferLinear *ringBufferM;
   cMutex mutexM;