diff --git a/src/system/helpers.cpp b/src/system/helpers.cpp
index f878eb7b3..abdaeb1a3 100644
--- a/src/system/helpers.cpp
+++ b/src/system/helpers.cpp
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@
 #include <gui/update_ext.h>
 using namespace std;
 
-void mySleep(int sec) {
+int mySleep(int sec) {
 	struct timeval timeout;
 
 	timeout.tv_sec = sec;
 	timeout.tv_usec = 0;
-	select(0,0,0,0, &timeout);
+	return select(0,0,0,0, &timeout);
 }
 
 off_t file_size(const char *filename)
diff --git a/src/system/helpers.h b/src/system/helpers.h
index b9074331b..2f7b51137 100644
--- a/src/system/helpers.h
+++ b/src/system/helpers.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ void wakeup_hdd(const char *hdd_dir);
 int check_dir(const char * dir, bool allow_tmp = false);
 bool get_fs_usage(const char * dir, uint64_t &btotal, uint64_t &bused, long *bsize=NULL);
 bool get_mem_usage(unsigned long &total, unsigned long &free);
-void mySleep(int sec);
+int mySleep(int sec);
 
 std::string find_executable(const char *name);
 /* basically what "foo=`command`" does in the shell */