diff --git a/mcop/iomanager.cc b/mcop/iomanager.cc
index 5756df2..263fab6 100644
--- a/mcop/iomanager.cc
+++ b/mcop/iomanager.cc
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ timeval TimeWatcher::advance(const timeval& currentTime)
 		{
 			delete this;
 		
-			struct timeval never = { 0xffffffff, 0 };
+			struct timeval never = { -1, 0 };
 			return never;
 		}
 	}