diff --git a/libavcodec/qsvenc.c b/libavcodec/qsvenc.c
index c9dbe7ddb5..57f5fe4199 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qsvenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/qsvenc.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ int ff_qsv_encode(AVCodecContext *avctx, QSVEncContext *q,
     do {
         ret = MFXVideoENCODE_EncodeFrameAsync(q->session, NULL, surf, bs, &sync);
         if (ret == MFX_WRN_DEVICE_BUSY) {
-            av_usleep(1);
+            av_usleep(500);
             continue;
         }
         break;