diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_processors/scanning/juce_PluginListComponent.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_processors/scanning/juce_PluginListComponent.cpp
index 9a326324ee..7c58a1b9d6 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_processors/scanning/juce_PluginListComponent.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_processors/scanning/juce_PluginListComponent.cpp
@@ -270,7 +270,8 @@ void PluginListComponent::scanFor (AudioPluginFormat* format)
     {
         aw.setMessage (TRANS("Testing:\n\n") + scanner.getNextPluginFileThatWillBeScanned());
 
-        MessageManager::getInstance()->runDispatchLoopUntil (100);
+        MessageManager::getInstance()->runDispatchLoopUntil (50);
+        Timer::callPendingTimersSynchronously();
 
         if (! scanner.scanNextFile (true))
             break;