diff --git a/microcode_ctl.init b/microcode_ctl.init
index 1acdebb..64856f7 100755
--- a/microcode_ctl.init
+++ b/microcode_ctl.init
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function start ()
 	while [ ! -c $DEVICE ]; do
 		lt=$[lt+1];
 		[ $lt -gt 5 ] && break;
-		sleep 1;
+		sleep 0.1;
 	done
 
 	# Lets just be sure we have a device file...
diff --git a/microcode_ctl.spec b/microcode_ctl.spec
index c7fd750..2482e99 100644
--- a/microcode_ctl.spec
+++ b/microcode_ctl.spec
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ family=`cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "^cpu family" | sort -u | awk -F ": " '{ print
 exit 0
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 25 2009 Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
+- Shorten sleep time during init.
+  This really needs to be replaced with proper udev hooks, but this is
+  a quick interim fix.
+
 * Wed Jun 03 2009 Kyle McMartin <kyle@redhat.com> 1:1.17-1.50
 - Change ExclusiveArch to i586 instead of i386. Resolves rhbz#497711.