--- /dev/null
+--- a/src/stress.c
++++ b/src/stress.c
+@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
+
+ /* Calculate the backoff value so we get good fork throughput. */
+ backoff = do_backoff * forks;
++ struct timespec b = {backoff / 1000000, (backoff % 1000000) * 1000};
+ dbg (stdout, "using backoff sleep of %llius\n", backoff);
+
+ /* If we are supposed to respect a timeout, calculate it. */
+@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
+ {
+ case 0: /* child */
+ alarm (timeout);
+- usleep (backoff);
++ nanosleep(&b, NULL);
+ if (do_dryrun)
+ exit (0);
+ exit (hogcpu ());
+@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
+ {
+ case 0: /* child */
+ alarm (timeout);
+- usleep (backoff);
++ nanosleep(&b,&b);
+ if (do_dryrun)
+ exit (0);
+ exit (hogio ());
+@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
+ {
+ case 0: /* child */
+ alarm (timeout);
+- usleep (backoff);
++ nanosleep(&b, &b);
+ if (do_dryrun)
+ exit (0);
+ exit (hogvm
+@@ -358,7 +359,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
+ {
+ case 0: /* child */
+ alarm (timeout);
+- usleep (backoff);
++ nanosleep(&b, &b);
+ if (do_dryrun)
+ exit (0);
+ exit (hoghdd (do_hdd_bytes));