diff --git a/cpukit/libnetworking/ChangeLog b/cpukit/libnetworking/ChangeLog
index 1ff9b97737..fb489465af 100644
--- a/cpukit/libnetworking/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/libnetworking/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2002-08-20	Eric Norum <eric.norum@usask.ca>
+
+	* rtems/rtems_glue.c: Per PR270, the BSD network code expects that
+	the value of the number of seconds since boot is non-zero.  The
+	RTEMS network initialization code assures this by waiting for a
+	second.  A more efficient technique is to simply wait until the
+	number of seconds since boot is non-zero.
+
 2002-08-09	Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
 
 	* libc/getservent.c: Per PR265, add  #include <netinet/in.h> for
diff --git a/cpukit/libnetworking/rtems/rtems_glue.c b/cpukit/libnetworking/rtems/rtems_glue.c
index 52c3361366..bc9d182236 100644
--- a/cpukit/libnetworking/rtems/rtems_glue.c
+++ b/cpukit/libnetworking/rtems/rtems_glue.c
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ rtems_bsdnet_malloc (unsigned long size, int type, int flags)
 			printf ("rtems_bsdnet_malloc still waiting.\n");
 			try = 0;
 		}
-		rtems_task_wake_after (rtems_bsdnet_ticks_per_second);
+		while (rtems_bsdnet_seconds_since_boot() == 0)
+			rtems_task_wake_after(1);
 		rtems_bsdnet_semaphore_obtain ();
 	}
 }