diff --git a/lib/utils.pm b/lib/utils.pm
index 5e207de7..9ebe0e22 100644
--- a/lib/utils.pm
+++ b/lib/utils.pm
@@ -351,11 +351,11 @@ sub console_loadkeys_us {
     if (get_var('LANGUAGE') eq 'french') {
         script_run "loqdkeys us", 0;
         # might take a few secs
-        sleep 3;
+        wait_still_screen 6;
     }
     elsif (get_var('LANGUAGE') eq 'japanese' || get_var('LANGUAGE') eq 'turkish') {
         script_run "loadkeys us", 0;
-        sleep 3;
+        wait_still_screen 6;
     }
 }