diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index c5198984..43dced95 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -112,3 +112,6 @@ Andreas Schultz <aschultz@warp10.net>
 
 Aaron Holtzman
  for writing 'ac3dec'
+
+Wolfgang Henselmann-Weiss <Wolfgang_Henselmann@betaresearch.de>
+ for fixing calculating the timeout value in cFile::FileReady()
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 51867369..0b3cfbea 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -619,3 +619,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed replay progress display in case replay is paused while watching an
   ongoing recording.
 - Ringbuffer uses semaphores to signal empty/full conditions.
+- Fixed calculating the timeout value in cFile::FileReady() (thanks to
+  Wolfgang Henselmann-Weiss).
diff --git a/tools.c b/tools.c
index de1a52c3..c75efbb9 100644
--- a/tools.c
+++ b/tools.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: tools.c 1.34 2001/05/20 08:30:54 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: tools.c 1.35 2001/08/05 12:38:06 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ bool cFile::FileReady(int FileDes, int TimeoutMs)
   FD_SET(FileDes, &set);
   if (TimeoutMs < 100)
      TimeoutMs = 100;
-  timeout.tv_sec  = 0;
-  timeout.tv_usec = TimeoutMs * 1000;
+  timeout.tv_sec  = TimeoutMs / 1000;
+  timeout.tv_usec = (TimeoutMs % 1000) * 1000;
   return select(FD_SETSIZE, &set, NULL, NULL, &timeout) > 0 && FD_ISSET(FileDes, &set);
 }