diff --git a/src/input/JoystickInput.cc b/src/input/JoystickInput.cc
index 0e7dea9a3b1dd8a954f5f79536363e8bcb449b80..121a0d16d49b6f532911de8a6c2f761ac4f8f9de 100644
--- a/src/input/JoystickInput.cc
+++ b/src/input/JoystickInput.cc
@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@ JoystickInput::JoystickInput() :
 JoystickInput::~JoystickInput()
 {
     done = true;
-    while (done)
-    {
-        QGC::SLEEP::usleep(5000);
-    }
+    QGC::SLEEP::usleep(50000);
     this->deleteLater();
 }