diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
index 566c9487ef55..b01d42928a53 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
@@ -644,17 +644,23 @@ static int __hwrm_send(struct bnxt *bp, struct bnxt_hwrm_ctx *ctx)
 
 		/* Last byte of resp contains valid bit */
 		valid = ((u8 *)ctx->resp) + len - 1;
-		for (j = 0; j < HWRM_VALID_BIT_DELAY_USEC; j++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < HWRM_VALID_BIT_DELAY_USEC; ) {
 			/* make sure we read from updated DMA memory */
 			dma_rmb();
 			if (*valid)
 				break;
-			usleep_range(1, 5);
+			if (j < 10) {
+				udelay(1);
+				j++;
+			} else {
+				usleep_range(20, 30);
+				j += 20;
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (j >= HWRM_VALID_BIT_DELAY_USEC) {
 			hwrm_err(bp, ctx, "Error (timeout: %u) msg {0x%x 0x%x} len:%d v:%d\n",
-				 hwrm_total_timeout(i), req_type,
+				 hwrm_total_timeout(i) + j, req_type,
 				 le16_to_cpu(ctx->req->seq_id), len, *valid);
 			goto exit;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.h
index d52bd2d63aec..c98032e38188 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static inline unsigned int hwrm_total_timeout(unsigned int n)
 }
 
 
-#define HWRM_VALID_BIT_DELAY_USEC	150
+#define HWRM_VALID_BIT_DELAY_USEC	50000
 
 static inline bool bnxt_cfa_hwrm_message(u16 req_type)
 {