1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/messagebus/src/main/java/com/yahoo/messagebus/Messenger.java b/messagebus/src/main/java/com/yahoo/messagebus/Messenger.java
index f2ebbbe76cb..871f53396b4 100755
--- a/messagebus/src/main/java/com/yahoo/messagebus/Messenger.java
+++ b/messagebus/src/main/java/com/yahoo/messagebus/Messenger.java
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright Yahoo. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
 package com.yahoo.messagebus;
 
+import com.yahoo.concurrent.SystemTimer;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 
 import java.util.ArrayDeque;
@@ -147,12 +150,17 @@ public class Messenger implements Runnable {
 
     @Override
     public void run() {
+        long timeoutMS = SystemTimer.adjustTimeoutByDetectedHz(Duration.ofMillis(100)).toMillis();
         while (true) {
             Task task = null;
             synchronized (this) {
                 if (queue.isEmpty()) {
                     try {
-                        wait(10);
+                        if (children.isEmpty()) {
+                            wait();
+                        } else {
+                            wait(timeoutMS);
+                        }
                     } catch (final InterruptedException e) {
                         continue;
                     }
@@ -173,8 +181,7 @@ public class Messenger implements Runnable {
                 try {
                     task.destroy();
                 } catch (final Exception e) {
-                    log.warning("An exception was thrown while destroying " + task.getClass().getName() + ": " +
-                                e.toString());
+                    log.warning("An exception was thrown while destroying " + task.getClass().getName() + ": " + e);
                     log.warning("Someone, somewhere might have to wait indefinitely for something.");
                 }
             }