diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 7e7fb9433..9e8b64a03 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 19 July 2007: Wouter
 	- shuffle NS selection when getting nameserver target addresses.
+	- fixup of deadlock warnings, yield cpu in checklock code so that
+	  freebsd scheduler selects correct process to run.
 
 18 July 2007: Wouter
 	- do not query addresses, 127.0.0.1, and ::1 by default.
diff --git a/testcode/checklocks.c b/testcode/checklocks.c
index f8e896901..eccc72d76 100644
--- a/testcode/checklocks.c
+++ b/testcode/checklocks.c
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ static int timed_spinlock(void* arg, struct timespec* to)
 #ifndef S_SPLINT_S
 		if(time(NULL) >= to->tv_sec)
 			return ETIMEDOUT;
+		usleep(1000); /* in 1/1000000s of a second */
 #endif
 	}
 	return err;