2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/apps/action.c b/apps/action.c
index 5ebcbf771b..3c130e3e29 100644
--- a/apps/action.c
+++ b/apps/action.c
@@ -232,7 +232,13 @@ static int get_action_worker(int context, int timeout,
     /* Data from sys events can be pulled with button_get_data
      * multimedia button presses don't go through the action system */
     if (button == BUTTON_NONE || button & (SYS_EVENT|BUTTON_MULTIMEDIA))
+    {
+        /* no button pressed so no point in waiting for release */
+        if (button == BUTTON_NONE)
+            wait_for_release = false;
         return button;
+    }
+
     /* the special redraw button should result in a screen refresh */
     if (button == BUTTON_REDRAW)
         return ACTION_REDRAW;
diff --git a/apps/gui/yesno.c b/apps/gui/yesno.c
index a2abae33ae..dc0465184d 100644
--- a/apps/gui/yesno.c
+++ b/apps/gui/yesno.c
@@ -169,9 +169,10 @@ enum yesno_res gui_syncyesno_run(const struct text_message * main_message,
         screens[i].stop_scroll();
         gui_yesno_draw(&(yn[i]));
     }
+
     /* make sure to eat any extranous keypresses */
-    while (get_action(CONTEXT_STD+99, TIMEOUT_NOBLOCK))
-        action_wait_for_release();
+    action_wait_for_release();
+
     while (result==-1)
     {
         /* Repeat the question every 5secs (more or less) */
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ enum yesno_res gui_syncyesno_run(const struct text_message * main_message,
                 result=YESNO_YES;
                 break;
             case ACTION_NONE:
+            case ACTION_UNKNOWN:
             case SYS_CHARGER_DISCONNECTED:
             case SYS_BATTERY_UPDATE:
                 /* ignore some SYS events that can happen */
@@ -233,6 +235,7 @@ enum yesno_res gui_syncyesno_run(const struct text_message * main_message,
         screens[i].scroll_stop(yn[i].vp);
         viewportmanager_theme_undo(i, true);
     }
+
     return(result);
 }