diff --git a/src/syncterm/rlogin.c b/src/syncterm/rlogin.c
index d3e261e0d68dc5abbfc10561bd86cf4c1206ad5a..ab694f033daaa5aa44f52dcb7c91afb91fdb8179 100644
--- a/src/syncterm/rlogin.c
+++ b/src/syncterm/rlogin.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 static SOCKET	rlogin_socket=INVALID_SOCKET;
 
-int	rcvtimeo=1;
+int	rcvtimeo=0;
 
 int rlogin_recv(char *buffer, size_t buflen)
 {