diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.c
index 4ea2bdc852f8..b0b04453c7cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ struct fec_enet_private {
 #define FEC_MMFR_TA		(2 << 16)
 #define FEC_MMFR_DATA(v)	(v & 0xffff)
 
-#define FEC_MII_TIMEOUT		1000 /* us */
+#define FEC_MII_TIMEOUT		30000 /* us */
 
 /* Transmitter timeout */
 #define TX_TIMEOUT (2 * HZ)