diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil_WorkerThread.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageUtil_WorkerThread.cpp
index d9a9cdb83f..ecc13b71e4 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil_WorkerThread.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil_WorkerThread.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ WorkerThread::~WorkerThread()
 void WorkerThread::SetTimeout( float fSeconds )
 {
 	m_WorkerEvent.Lock();
-	if( fSeconds == -1 )
+	if( fSeconds < 0 )
 		m_Timeout.SetZero();
 	else
 	{