diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 4fcc6cf0..408f5108 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1902,6 +1902,7 @@ Alexander Rieger <Alexander.Rieger@inka.de>
  for fixing cTimer::operator=() in case a cTimer variable is assigned to itself
  for making the list of tracks given in cStatus::SetAudioTrack() NULL terminated
  for fixing handling kLeft in the calls to cStatus::MsgOsdTextItem()
+ for fixing a possible integer overflow in GetAbsTime()
 
 Philip Prindeville <philipp_subx@redfish-solutions.com>
  for updates to 'sources.conf'
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index d4736014..92daacc9 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -5762,7 +5762,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Increased the time between checking the CAM status to 500ms to avoid problems
   with some CAMs (reported by Arthur Konovalov).
 
-2008-08-16: Version 1.7.1
+2008-09-06: Version 1.7.1
 
 - Adapted the tuning code to the new DVBFE_SET_DELSYS API (thanks to Reinhard Nissl).
   VDR now uses the driver from http://jusst.de/hg/multiproto_plus.
@@ -5805,8 +5805,9 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
     and the SVDRP commands NEWC/MODC/LSTC has been extended. The video stream type
     now follows the VPID and optional PPID, separated by an '=' sign.
 - Updated the sources.conf file (thanks to Oleg Roitburd).
+- Fixed a possible integer overflow in GetAbsTime() (thanks to Alexander Rieger).
 
-2008-08-16: Version 1.6.0-2
+2008-09-06: Version 1.6.0-2
 
 - Updated the Italian OSD texts (thanks to Diego Pierotto).
 - The SVDRP signon message now indicates the character encoding in use, as in
@@ -5816,3 +5817,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - No longer calling FcFini() to avoid problems with older (broken) versions of
   fontconfig (suggested by Edgar Toernig).
 - Updated the sources.conf file (thanks to Oleg Roitburd).
+- Fixed a possible integer overflow in GetAbsTime() (thanks to Alexander Rieger).
diff --git a/thread.c b/thread.c
index 0c3b4f5b..f7e365e8 100644
--- a/thread.c
+++ b/thread.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: thread.c 2.1 2008/04/13 11:53:56 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: thread.c 2.2 2008/09/06 09:39:43 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "thread.h"
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ static bool GetAbsTime(struct timespec *Abstime, int MillisecondsFromNow)
 {
   struct timeval now;
   if (gettimeofday(&now, NULL) == 0) {           // get current time
-     now.tv_usec += MillisecondsFromNow * 1000;  // add the timeout
-     while (now.tv_usec >= 1000000) {            // take care of an overflow
-           now.tv_sec++;
-           now.tv_usec -= 1000000;
-           }
+     now.tv_sec  += MillisecondsFromNow / 1000;  // add full seconds
+     now.tv_usec += (MillisecondsFromNow % 1000) * 1000;  // add microseconds
+     if (now.tv_usec >= 1000000) {               // take care of an overflow
+        now.tv_sec++;
+        now.tv_usec -= 1000000;
+        }
      Abstime->tv_sec = now.tv_sec;          // seconds
      Abstime->tv_nsec = now.tv_usec * 1000; // nano seconds
      return true;