diff --git a/src/sb_timer.h b/src/sb_timer.h
index 037f8cf..6a4250a 100644
--- a/src/sb_timer.h
+++ b/src/sb_timer.h
@@ -44,17 +44,22 @@
 #include "sb_util.h"
 #include "ck_spinlock.h"
 
+#define NS_PER_SEC 1000000000
+#define US_PER_SEC 1000000
+#define MS_PER_SEC 1000
+#define NS_PER_MS (NS_PER_SEC / MS_PER_SEC)
+
 /* Convert nanoseconds to seconds and vice versa */
-#define NS2SEC(nsec) ((nsec)/1000000000.)
-#define SEC2NS(sec)  ((uint64_t)(sec) * 1000000000)
+#define NS2SEC(nsec) ((nsec) / (double) NS_PER_SEC)
+#define SEC2NS(sec)  ((uint64_t) (sec) * NS_PER_SEC)
 
 /* Convert nanoseconds to milliseconds and vice versa */
-#define NS2MS(nsec) ((nsec)/1000000.)
-#define MS2NS(sec)  ((sec)*1000000ULL)
+#define NS2MS(nsec) ((nsec) / (double) NS_PER_MS)
+#define MS2NS(sec)  ((sec) * (uint64_t) NS_PER_MS)
 
 /* Convert milliseconds to seconds and vice versa */
-#define MS2SEC(msec) ((msec)/1000.)
-#define SEC2MS(sec) ((sec)*1000)
+#define MS2SEC(msec) ((msec) / (double) MS_PER_SEC)
+#define SEC2MS(sec) ((sec) * MS_PER_SEC)
 
 /* Difference between two 'timespec' values in nanoseconds */
 #define TIMESPEC_DIFF(a,b) (SEC2NS(a.tv_sec - b.tv_sec) + \
@@ -95,6 +100,12 @@ typedef struct
 } sb_timer_t;
 
 
+static inline int sb_nanosleep(uint64_t ns)
+{
+  struct timespec ts = { ns / NS_PER_SEC, ns % NS_PER_SEC };
+  return nanosleep(&ts, NULL);
+}
+
 /* timer control functions */
 
 /* Initialize timer */
diff --git a/src/sysbench.c b/src/sysbench.c
index 36a1674..69f7b49 100644
--- a/src/sysbench.c
+++ b/src/sysbench.c
@@ -897,11 +897,7 @@ static void *eventgen_thread_proc(void *arg)
     next_ns += intr_ns;
 
     if (next_ns > curr_ns)
-    {
-      const uint64_t intr_ns = next_ns - curr_ns;
-      struct timespec ts = { intr_ns / 1000000000, intr_ns % 1000000000 };
-      nanosleep(&ts, NULL);
-    }
+      sb_nanosleep(next_ns - curr_ns);
 
     /* Enqueue a new event */
     queue_array[i] = sb_timer_value(&sb_exec_timer);
@@ -957,7 +953,7 @@ static void *report_thread_proc(void *arg)
 
   for (;;)
   {
-    usleep(pause_ns / 1000);
+    sb_nanosleep(pause_ns);
 
     report_intermediate();
 
@@ -977,7 +973,6 @@ static void *report_thread_proc(void *arg)
 
 static void *checkpoints_thread_proc(void *arg)
 {
-  unsigned long long       pause_ns;
   unsigned long long       next_ns;
   unsigned long long       curr_ns;
   unsigned int             i;
@@ -1009,8 +1004,7 @@ static void *checkpoints_thread_proc(void *arg)
     if (next_ns <= curr_ns)
       continue;
 
-    pause_ns = next_ns - curr_ns;
-    usleep(pause_ns / 1000);
+    sb_nanosleep(next_ns - curr_ns);
 
     log_timestamp(LOG_NOTICE, NS2SEC(sb_timer_value(&sb_exec_timer)),
                   "Checkpoint report:");