diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/firmware_if.c b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/firmware_if.c
index 7d9d58577bcc..828a36af5b14 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/firmware_if.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/firmware_if.c
@@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ static int hl_fw_dynamic_wait_for_status(struct hl_device *hdev,
 		le32_to_cpu(dyn_regs->cpu_cmd_status_to_host),
 		status,
 		FIELD_GET(COMMS_STATUS_STATUS_MASK, status) == expected_status,
-		hdev->fw_poll_interval_usec,
+		hdev->fw_comms_poll_interval_usec,
 		timeout);
 
 	if (rc) {
diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs.h b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs.h
index a8e6118c0fc7..19f6af59cfc9 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #define HL_CPUCP_MON_DUMP_TIMEOUT_USEC	10000000 /* 10s */
 
 #define HL_FW_STATUS_POLL_INTERVAL_USEC		10000 /* 10ms */
+#define HL_FW_COMMS_STATUS_PLDM_POLL_INTERVAL_USEC	1000000 /* 1s */
 
 #define HL_PCI_ELBI_TIMEOUT_MSEC	10 /* 10ms */
 
@@ -2717,6 +2718,9 @@ struct hl_reset_info {
  *                                  session.
  * @open_counter: number of successful device open operations.
  * @fw_poll_interval_usec: FW status poll interval in usec.
+ *                         used for CPU boot status
+ * @fw_comms_poll_interval_usec: FW comms/protocol poll interval in usec.
+ *                                  used for COMMs protocols cmds(COMMS_STS_*)
  * @card_type: Various ASICs have several card types. This indicates the card
  *             type of the current device.
  * @major: habanalabs kernel driver major.
@@ -2847,6 +2851,8 @@ struct hl_device {
 	u64				open_counter;
 	u64				fw_poll_interval_usec;
 	ktime_t				last_successful_open_ktime;
+	u64				fw_comms_poll_interval_usec;
+
 	enum cpucp_card_types		card_type;
 	u32				major;
 	u32				high_pll;
diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs_drv.c b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs_drv.c
index b85ca1e66eb2..57218e03c222 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/habanalabs_drv.c
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ static int fixup_device_params(struct hl_device *hdev)
 	hdev->asic_prop.fw_security_enabled = is_asic_secured(hdev->asic_type);
 
 	hdev->fw_poll_interval_usec = HL_FW_STATUS_POLL_INTERVAL_USEC;
+	hdev->fw_comms_poll_interval_usec = HL_FW_STATUS_POLL_INTERVAL_USEC;
 
 	hdev->stop_on_err = true;
 	hdev->reset_info.curr_reset_cause = HL_RESET_CAUSE_UNKNOWN;