diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/awt/Dialog.java b/src/share/classes/java/awt/Dialog.java
index 3e2effd1dc059733f7af891f5a03547bc517b1d2..36a3502e3ba16e9863f67b265cf55dc526e23dfd 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/awt/Dialog.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/awt/Dialog.java
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ public class Dialog extends Window {
                     modalityPushed();
                     try {
                         EventQueue eventQueue = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemEventQueue();
-                        secondaryLoop = eventQueue.createSecondaryLoop(cond, modalFilter, 5000);
+                        secondaryLoop = eventQueue.createSecondaryLoop(cond, modalFilter, 0);
                         if (!secondaryLoop.enter()) {
                             secondaryLoop = null;
                         }