diff --git a/NetworkClient.cpp b/NetworkClient.cpp
index 79826896..560884c1 100644
--- a/NetworkClient.cpp
+++ b/NetworkClient.cpp
@@ -230,11 +230,12 @@ int NetworkClient::recv_select(SOCKET s, char *buf, int len, int flags)
 {
     fd_set              set;
     struct timeval      timeout;
-    timeout.tv_sec      = 5;
-    timeout.tv_usec     = 0;
 
     while(1)
     {
+        timeout.tv_sec      = 5;
+        timeout.tv_usec     = 0;
+        
         FD_ZERO(&set);      /* clear the set */
         FD_SET(s, &set);    /* add our file descriptor to the set */
 
diff --git a/NetworkServer.cpp b/NetworkServer.cpp
index 68a205d6..68f5268f 100644
--- a/NetworkServer.cpp
+++ b/NetworkServer.cpp
@@ -267,13 +267,14 @@ int NetworkServer::accept_select(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *a
 {
     fd_set              set;
     struct timeval      timeout;
-    timeout.tv_sec      = 5;
-    timeout.tv_usec     = 0;
 
     while(1)
     {
-        FD_ZERO(&set);      /* clear the set */
-        FD_SET(sockfd, &set);    /* add our file descriptor to the set */
+        timeout.tv_sec          = 5;
+        timeout.tv_usec         = 0;
+
+        FD_ZERO(&set);          /* clear the set */
+        FD_SET(sockfd, &set);   /* add our file descriptor to the set */
 
         int rv = select(sockfd + 1, &set, NULL, NULL, &timeout);
 
@@ -298,11 +299,12 @@ int NetworkServer::recv_select(SOCKET s, char *buf, int len, int flags)
 {
     fd_set              set;
     struct timeval      timeout;
-    timeout.tv_sec      = 5;
-    timeout.tv_usec     = 0;
 
     while(1)
     {
+        timeout.tv_sec      = 5;
+        timeout.tv_usec     = 0;
+
         FD_ZERO(&set);      /* clear the set */
         FD_SET(s, &set);    /* add our file descriptor to the set */