diff -Nprud dbus-1.2.3.old/dbus/dbus-connection.c dbus-1.2.3.new/dbus/dbus-connection.c
--- dbus-1.2.3.old/dbus/dbus-connection.c	2008-08-06 19:00:29.000000000 +0200
+++ dbus-1.2.3.new/dbus/dbus-connection.c	2008-09-24 16:07:41.000000000 +0200
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ protected_change_timeout (DBusConnection
    * drop lock and call out" one; but it has to be propagated up through all callers
    */
   
+retry:
   timeouts = connection->timeouts;
   if (timeouts)
     {
@@ -804,7 +805,12 @@ protected_change_timeout (DBusConnection
       return retval;
     }
   else
-    return FALSE;
+    {
+      CONNECTION_UNLOCK (connection);
+      usleep(1000);
+      CONNECTION_LOCK (connection);
+      goto retry;
+    }
 }
 
 /**