--- a/hgext/inotify/linuxserver.py	Wed Feb 17 20:30:57 2010 +0100
+++ b/hgext/inotify/linuxserver.py	Wed Feb 17 20:44:49 2010 +0100
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
         self.register(timeout=timeout)
 
     def handle_timeout(self):
-        pass
+        raise server.TimeoutException
 
     def handle_pollevents(self, events):
         for e in events: