diff --git a/dbus/dbus-connection.c b/dbus/dbus-connection.c
index f5c1872a..16ba2c77 100644
--- a/dbus/dbus-connection.c
+++ b/dbus/dbus-connection.c
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ retry:
   else
     {
       CONNECTION_UNLOCK (connection);
-      usleep(1000);
+      _dbus_sleep_milliseconds (1);
       CONNECTION_LOCK (connection);
       goto retry;
     }