diff --git a/libbb/bb_do_delay.c b/libbb/bb_do_delay.c
index 3dbf032..9a84fa2 100644
--- a/libbb/bb_do_delay.c
+++ b/libbb/bb_do_delay.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 void FAST_FUNC msleep(unsigned ms)
 {
+#if 0
 	/* 1. usleep(n) is not guaranteed by standards to accept n >= 1000000
 	 * 2. multiplication in usleep(ms * 1000) can overflow if ms > 4294967
 	 *    (sleep of ~71.5 minutes)
@@ -46,4 +47,21 @@
 		ms -= 500;
 	}
 	usleep(ms * 1000);
+#else
+//usleep is often implemented as a call to nanosleep.
+//Simply do the same to implement msleep.
+//it's marginally larger, but wakes your CPU less often:
+//function    old     new   delta
+//msleep       45      52      +7
+	struct timespec ts;
+	ts.tv_sec = ms / 1000;
+	ts.tv_nsec = (ms % 1000) * 1000000;
+	/*
+	 * If a signal has non-default handler, nanosleep returns early.
+	 * Our version of msleep doesn't return early
+	 * if interrupted by such signals:
+	 */
+	while (nanosleep(&ts, &ts) != 0)
+		continue;
+#endif
 }
diff --git a/libbb/platform.c b/libbb/platform.c
index d2b263a..329b023 100644
--- a/libbb/platform.c
+++ b/libbb/platform.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 	 * If a signal has non-default handler, nanosleep returns early.
 	 * Our version of usleep doesn't return early
 	 * if interrupted by such signals:
-	 *
 	 */
 	while (nanosleep(&ts, &ts) != 0)
 		continue;