diff --git a/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp b/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp
index 6b6bc97..27dadda 100644
--- a/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp
+++ b/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
 static const char DISPLAYS_PROP_NAME[] = "persist.service.bootanim.displays";
 static const char CLOCK_ENABLED_PROP_NAME[] = "persist.sys.bootanim.clock.enabled";
 static const int ANIM_ENTRY_NAME_MAX = ANIM_PATH_MAX + 1;
+static const int MAX_CHECK_EXIT_INTERVAL_US = 50000;
 static constexpr size_t TEXT_POS_LEN_MAX = 16;
 static const int DYNAMIC_COLOR_COUNT = 4;
 static const char U_TEXTURE[] = "uTexture";
@@ -1680,7 +1681,17 @@
                 checkExit();
             }
 
-            usleep(part.pause * ns2us(frameDuration));
+            int pauseDuration = part.pause * ns2us(frameDuration);
+            while(pauseDuration > 0 && !exitPending()){
+                if (pauseDuration > MAX_CHECK_EXIT_INTERVAL_US) {
+                    usleep(MAX_CHECK_EXIT_INTERVAL_US);
+                    pauseDuration -= MAX_CHECK_EXIT_INTERVAL_US;
+                } else {
+                    usleep(pauseDuration);
+                    break;
+                }
+                checkExit();
+            }
 
             if (exitPending() && !part.count && mCurrentInset >= mTargetInset &&
                 !part.hasFadingPhase()) {