diff --git a/src/gui_w32.c b/src/gui_w32.c
index 10c14c9..82ca7de 100644
--- a/src/gui_w32.c
+++ b/src/gui_w32.c
@@ -2022,6 +2022,22 @@
 	    process_message();
 }
 
+    static void
+remove_any_timer(void)
+{
+    MSG		msg;
+
+    if (s_wait_timer != 0 && !s_timed_out)
+    {
+	KillTimer(NULL, s_wait_timer);
+
+	/* Eat spurious WM_TIMER messages */
+	while (pPeekMessage(&msg, s_hwnd, WM_TIMER, WM_TIMER, PM_REMOVE))
+	    ;
+	s_wait_timer = 0;
+    }
+}
+
 /*
  * GUI input routine called by gui_wait_for_chars().  Waits for a character
  * from the keyboard.
@@ -2073,6 +2089,9 @@
 	    s_need_activate = FALSE;
 	}
 
+#ifdef FEAT_TIMERS
+	did_add_timer = FALSE;
+#endif
 #ifdef MESSAGE_QUEUE
 	/* Check channel while waiting message. */
 	for (;;)
@@ -2098,15 +2117,7 @@
 
 	if (input_available())
 	{
-	    if (s_wait_timer != 0 && !s_timed_out)
-	    {
-		KillTimer(NULL, s_wait_timer);
-
-		/* Eat spurious WM_TIMER messages */
-		while (pPeekMessage(&msg, s_hwnd, WM_TIMER, WM_TIMER, PM_REMOVE))
-		    ;
-		s_wait_timer = 0;
-	    }
+	    remove_any_timer();
 	    allow_scrollbar = FALSE;
 
 	    /* Clear pending mouse button, the release event may have been
@@ -2117,6 +2128,15 @@
 
 	    return OK;
 	}
+
+#ifdef FEAT_TIMERS
+	if (did_add_timer)
+	{
+	    /* Need to recompute the waiting time. */
+	    remove_any_timer();
+	    break;
+	}
+#endif
     }
     allow_scrollbar = FALSE;
     return FAIL;