diff --git a/src/AudioIO.cpp b/src/AudioIO.cpp
index 86244d3a6..251ffb614 100644
--- a/src/AudioIO.cpp
+++ b/src/AudioIO.cpp
@@ -1987,7 +1987,7 @@ int AudioIO::StartStream(const TransportTracks &tracks,
       // execute too much else
       if (mScrubState) {
          mOwningProject->GetScrubber().ContinueScrubbingPoll();
-         wxMilliSleep( Scrubber::ScrubPollInterval_ms );
+         wxMilliSleep( Scrubber::ScrubPollInterval_ms * 0.9 );
       }
       else
 #endif
diff --git a/src/tracks/ui/Scrubbing.cpp b/src/tracks/ui/Scrubbing.cpp
index 277eeec51..1fe77ae11 100644
--- a/src/tracks/ui/Scrubbing.cpp
+++ b/src/tracks/ui/Scrubbing.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ enum {
    ScrubSpeedStepsPerOctave = 4,
 #endif
 
-   kOneSecondCountdown = 1000 / Scrubber::ScrubPollInterval_ms,
+   ScrubPollInterval_ms = 50,
+
+   kOneSecondCountdown = 1000 / ScrubPollInterval_ms,
 };
 
 static const double MinStutter = 0.2;
@@ -632,7 +634,7 @@ void Scrubber::StartPolling()
    mpThread->Run();
 #endif
    
-   mPoller->Start(ScrubPollInterval_ms);
+   mPoller->Start(ScrubPollInterval_ms * 0.9);
 }
 
 void Scrubber::StopPolling()