diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
index 726c23304a57..8eb3ebca02df 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 /* We calculate number of sg entries based on PAGE_SIZE */
 #define SG_ENTRIES_PER_NODE ((PAGE_SIZE - 16) / sizeof(struct opal_sg_entry))
 
+/* Default time to sleep or delay between OPAL_BUSY/OPAL_BUSY_EVENT loops */
+#define OPAL_BUSY_DELAY_MS	10
+
 /* /sys/firmware/opal */
 extern struct kobject *opal_kobj;