diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
index 0c23340bfcc7..0f8f3ce35537 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
@@ -1412,6 +1412,7 @@ static int macsec_aso_query(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, struct mlx5e_macsec *mac
 	struct mlx5e_macsec_aso *aso;
 	struct mlx5_aso_wqe *aso_wqe;
 	struct mlx5_aso *maso;
+	unsigned long expires;
 	int err;
 
 	aso = &macsec->aso;
@@ -1425,7 +1426,13 @@ static int macsec_aso_query(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, struct mlx5e_macsec *mac
 	macsec_aso_build_wqe_ctrl_seg(aso, &aso_wqe->aso_ctrl, NULL);
 
 	mlx5_aso_post_wqe(maso, false, &aso_wqe->ctrl);
-	err = mlx5_aso_poll_cq(maso, false);
+	expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(10);
+	do {
+		err = mlx5_aso_poll_cq(maso, false);
+		if (err)
+			usleep_range(2, 10);
+	} while (err && time_is_after_jiffies(expires));
+
 	if (err)
 		goto err_out;