diff --git a/include/ui/Fence.h b/include/ui/Fence.h
index 81d5d09..60156e7 100644
--- a/include/ui/Fence.h
+++ b/include/ui/Fence.h
@@ -70,9 +70,10 @@
     // waitForever is a convenience function for waiting forever for a fence to
     // signal (just like wait(TIMEOUT_NEVER)), but issuing an error to the
     // system log and fence state to the kernel log if the wait lasts longer
-    // than warningTimeout. The logname argument should be a string identifying
+    // than a warning timeout.
+    // The logname argument should be a string identifying
     // the caller and will be included in the log message.
-    status_t waitForever(unsigned int warningTimeout, const char* logname);
+    status_t waitForever(const char* logname);
 
     // merge combines two Fence objects, creating a new Fence object that
     // becomes signaled when both f1 and f2 are signaled (even if f1 or f2 is
diff --git a/libs/gui/BufferItemConsumer.cpp b/libs/gui/BufferItemConsumer.cpp
index 90619ab..7db1b84 100644
--- a/libs/gui/BufferItemConsumer.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/BufferItemConsumer.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     }
 
     if (waitForFence) {
-        err = item->mFence->waitForever(1000, "BufferItemConsumer::acquireBuffer");
+        err = item->mFence->waitForever("BufferItemConsumer::acquireBuffer");
         if (err != OK) {
             BI_LOGE("Failed to wait for fence of acquired buffer: %s (%d)",
                     strerror(-err), err);
diff --git a/libs/gui/CpuConsumer.cpp b/libs/gui/CpuConsumer.cpp
index 91af78d..0543649 100644
--- a/libs/gui/CpuConsumer.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/CpuConsumer.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     int buf = b.mBuf;
 
     if (b.mFence.get()) {
-        err = b.mFence->waitForever(1000, "CpuConsumer::lockNextBuffer");
+        err = b.mFence->waitForever("CpuConsumer::lockNextBuffer");
         if (err != OK) {
             CC_LOGE("Failed to wait for fence of acquired buffer: %s (%d)",
                     strerror(-err), err);
diff --git a/libs/gui/GLConsumer.cpp b/libs/gui/GLConsumer.cpp
index 637a403..bec0f90 100644
--- a/libs/gui/GLConsumer.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/GLConsumer.cpp
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@
                 return UNKNOWN_ERROR;
             }
         } else {
-            status_t err = mCurrentFence->waitForever(1000,
+            status_t err = mCurrentFence->waitForever(
                     "GLConsumer::doGLFenceWaitLocked");
             if (err != NO_ERROR) {
                 ST_LOGE("doGLFenceWait: error waiting for fence: %d", err);
diff --git a/libs/gui/Surface.cpp b/libs/gui/Surface.cpp
index 4a58023..a616c1e 100644
--- a/libs/gui/Surface.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/Surface.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     int fenceFd = -1;
     int result = c->dequeueBuffer(&buf, &fenceFd);
     sp<Fence> fence(new Fence(fenceFd));
-    int waitResult = fence->waitForever(1000, "dequeueBuffer_DEPRECATED");
+    int waitResult = fence->waitForever("dequeueBuffer_DEPRECATED");
     if (waitResult != OK) {
         ALOGE("dequeueBuffer_DEPRECATED: Fence::wait returned an error: %d",
                 waitResult);
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@
         sp<GraphicBuffer> backBuffer(GraphicBuffer::getSelf(out));
         sp<Fence> fence(new Fence(fenceFd));
 
-        err = fence->waitForever(1000, "Surface::lock");
+        err = fence->waitForever("Surface::lock");
         if (err != OK) {
             ALOGE("Fence::wait failed (%s)", strerror(-err));
             cancelBuffer(out, fenceFd);
diff --git a/libs/ui/Fence.cpp b/libs/ui/Fence.cpp
index b9e0f00..464ee86 100644
--- a/libs/ui/Fence.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/Fence.cpp
@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@
     return err < 0 ? -errno : status_t(NO_ERROR);
 }
 
-status_t Fence::waitForever(unsigned int warningTimeout, const char* logname) {
+status_t Fence::waitForever(const char* logname) {
     ATRACE_CALL();
     if (mFenceFd == -1) {
         return NO_ERROR;
     }
+    unsigned int warningTimeout = 3000;
     int err = sync_wait(mFenceFd, warningTimeout);
     if (err < 0 && errno == ETIME) {
         ALOGE("%s: fence %d didn't signal in %u ms", logname, mFenceFd,
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.cpp
index f0f7463..a9afbe5 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.cpp
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@
     if (mHwc && hwcHasApiVersion(mHwc, HWC_DEVICE_API_VERSION_1_1)) {
         return setFramebufferTarget(id, acquireFence, buffer);
     } else {
-        acquireFence->waitForever(1000, "HWComposer::fbPost");
+        acquireFence->waitForever("HWComposer::fbPost");
         return mFbDev->post(mFbDev, buffer->handle);
     }
 }