diff --git a/lisp/tramp.el b/lisp/tramp.el
index 4ce44119..181bba01 100644
--- a/lisp/tramp.el
+++ b/lisp/tramp.el
@@ -6049,7 +6049,7 @@ nil."
     (with-tramp-timeout (timeout)
       (while (not found)
 	;; This is needed to yield the CPU, otherwise we'll see 100% CPU load.
-	(sit-for 0)
+	(sit-for 0 'nodisp)
 	(tramp-accept-process-output proc)
 	(unless (process-live-p proc)
 	  (tramp-error-with-buffer