{
        unsigned long flags;
        int timeout;
-       signed long time;
+       unsigned long end_time;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&chip->reg_lock, flags);
        for (timeout = 5; timeout > 0; timeout--)
 
        snd_printdd("(2) jiffies = %lu\n", jiffies);
 
-       time = msecs_to_jiffies(250);
+       end_time = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(250);
        while (snd_ad1848_in(chip, AD1848_TEST_INIT) & AD1848_CALIB_IN_PROGRESS) {
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chip->reg_lock, flags);
-               if (time <= 0) {
+               if (time_after(jiffies, end_time)) {
                        snd_printk(KERN_ERR "mce_down - auto calibration time out (2)\n");
                        return;
                }
-               time = schedule_timeout(time);
+               msleep(1);
                spin_lock_irqsave(&chip->reg_lock, flags);
        }
 
        snd_printdd("(3) jiffies = %lu\n", jiffies);
 
-       time = msecs_to_jiffies(100);
+       end_time = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(100);
        while (inb(AD1848P(chip, REGSEL)) & AD1848_INIT) {
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chip->reg_lock, flags);
-               if (time <= 0) {
+               if (time_after(jiffies, end_time)) {
                        snd_printk(KERN_ERR "mce_down - auto calibration time out (3)\n");
                        return;
                }
-               time = schedule_timeout(time);
+               msleep(1);
                spin_lock_irqsave(&chip->reg_lock, flags);
        }
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chip->reg_lock, flags);