diff -ruN samba-3.4.2.orig/source3/winbindd/winbindd.c samba-3.4.2/source3/winbindd/winbindd.c
--- samba-3.4.2.orig/source3/winbindd/winbindd.c	2009-09-30 14:17:40.000000000 +0200
+++ samba-3.4.2/source3/winbindd/winbindd.c	2009-10-14 10:34:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -1044,6 +1044,8 @@
 
 	timeout.tv_sec = WINBINDD_ESTABLISH_LOOP;
 	timeout.tv_usec = 0;
+	ev_timeout.tv_sec = 9999;
+	ev_timeout.tv_usec = 0;
 
 	/* Check for any event timeouts. */
 	{
diff -ruN samba-3.4.2.orig/source3/winbindd/winbindd_dual.c samba-3.4.2/source3/winbindd/winbindd_dual.c
--- samba-3.4.2.orig/source3/winbindd/winbindd_dual.c	2009-09-30 14:17:40.000000000 +0200
+++ samba-3.4.2/source3/winbindd/winbindd_dual.c	2009-10-15 09:47:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -1386,6 +1386,9 @@
 		struct timeval now;
 		TALLOC_CTX *frame = talloc_stackframe();
 
+		t.tv_sec = 9999;
+		t.tv_usec = 0;
+
 		if (run_events(winbind_event_context(), 0, NULL, NULL)) {
 			TALLOC_FREE(frame);
 			continue;