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diff --git a/gui.c b/gui.c
index fa1538b0..dbe0a19c 100644
--- a/gui.c
+++ b/gui.c
@@ -902,7 +902,13 @@ static int open_stat_pipe(void)
 	if (init)
 		init = 0;
 	else
-		sleep(1);
+		/*
+		 * Sleep a bit to avoid a busy loop. As the call to sleep() may
+		 * be interrupted by SIGCHLD, we simply wait until the call
+		 * succeeds.
+		 */
+		while (sleep(2))
+			; /* nothing */
 	ret = para_exec_cmdline_pid(&pid, conf.stat_cmd_arg, fds);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;