diff --git a/apple/diskii.cpp b/apple/diskii.cpp
index 4fa8ce5..b0994fa 100644
--- a/apple/diskii.cpp
+++ b/apple/diskii.cpp
@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@
 // how many CPU cycles do we wait to spin down the disk drive? 1023000 == 1 second
 #define SPINDOWNDELAY (1023000)
 
-// 3 second delay before flushing. 10 seconds is too long. 3 is
-// arbitrarily shorter...
-#define FLUSHDELAY (1023000 * 3)
+// When the drive spins down, we also need to be sure its contents are flushed.
+#define FLUSHDELAY SPINDOWNDELAY
 
 #define SPINFOREVER -2
 #define NOTSPINNING -1