diff --git a/libavcodec/qsvenc.c b/libavcodec/qsvenc.c
index f19ca760c8dba8874202c3b7a9e96853a71307a2..cda11fac8f748f8f052bc2009d6234ad6d691f75 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qsvenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/qsvenc.c
@@ -919,7 +919,9 @@ int ff_qsv_encode(AVCodecContext *avctx, QSVEncContext *q,
         av_fifo_generic_read(q->async_fifo, &sync,    sizeof(sync),    NULL);
         av_fifo_generic_read(q->async_fifo, &bs,      sizeof(bs),      NULL);
 
-        MFXVideoCORE_SyncOperation(q->session, sync, 60000);
+        do {
+            ret = MFXVideoCORE_SyncOperation(q->session, sync, 1000);
+        } while (ret == MFX_WRN_IN_EXECUTION);
 
         new_pkt.dts  = av_rescale_q(bs->DecodeTimeStamp, (AVRational){1, 90000}, avctx->time_base);
         new_pkt.pts  = av_rescale_q(bs->TimeStamp,       (AVRational){1, 90000}, avctx->time_base);