diff --git a/lib/openvas-omp.rb b/lib/openvas-omp.rb
index 21e8bd1..c6fc665 100644
--- a/lib/openvas-omp.rb
+++ b/lib/openvas-omp.rb
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def sendrecv (tosend)
 			size=0
 			begin	
 				begin
-				timeout(@read_timeout) {
+				Timeout.timeout(@read_timeout) {
 				    a = @socket.sysread(@bufsize)
 				    size=a.length
 				    # puts "sysread #{size} bytes"