diff -r ee674526fac5 -r 85a88bc05e45 imagehandlingutilities/thumbnailmanager/thumbnailclient/src/thumbnailrequestactive.cpp
--- a/imagehandlingutilities/thumbnailmanager/thumbnailclient/src/thumbnailrequestactive.cpp	Wed Apr 14 16:16:51 2010 +0300
+++ b/imagehandlingutilities/thumbnailmanager/thumbnailclient/src/thumbnailrequestactive.cpp	Tue Apr 27 16:57:55 2010 +0300
@@ -843,8 +843,16 @@
     
     CThumbnailRequestActive* self = static_cast<CThumbnailRequestActive*>( aAny );
     
+    self->iTimer->Cancel();
+    
+    if (self->IsActive())
+        {
+        // hangs without this
+        TRequestStatus* statusPtr = &self->iStatus;
+        User::RequestComplete( statusPtr, KErrTimedOut );
+        }
+    
     self->Cancel();
-    self->iTimer->Cancel();
     
     if (self->iStartError != KErrNone)
         {
@@ -857,6 +865,8 @@
     
     self->HandleError();
     
+    TN_DEBUG1( "CThumbnailRequestActive::TimerCallBack() - end");
+    
     return KErrNone;
     }