diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index 16fac87..cf89692 100644
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -1783,7 +1783,7 @@ static int __sip_xmit(struct sip_pvt *p, char *data, int len)
 	const struct sockaddr_in *dst = sip_real_dst(p);
 	res = sendto(sipsock, data, len, 0, (const struct sockaddr *)dst, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
 
-	if (res == -1) {
+	if (res < 0) {
 		switch (errno) {
 		case EBADF: 		/* Bad file descriptor - seems like this is generated when the host exist, but doesn't accept the UDP packet */
 		case EHOSTUNREACH: 	/* Host can't be reached */
@@ -1796,7 +1796,7 @@ static int __sip_xmit(struct sip_pvt *p, char *data, int len)
 		if (p->registry && p->registry->regstate < REG_STATE_REGISTERED) {
 			AST_SCHED_DEL(sched, p->registry->timeout);
 			p->registry->needdns = TRUE;
-			p->registry->timeout = ast_sched_add(sched, 1, sip_reg_timeout, p->registry);
+			p->registry->timeout = ast_sched_add(sched, 5000, sip_reg_timeout, p->registry);
 		}
 	}