diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
index 8171f4912fa0..3a0eeb373776 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
@@ -595,18 +595,24 @@ timeout_abort:
 
 		/* 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) {
 			if (!(ctx->flags & BNXT_HWRM_CTX_SILENT))
 				netdev_err(bp->dev, "Error (timeout: %u) msg {0x%x 0x%x} len:%d v:%d\n",
-					   hwrm_total_timeout(i),
+					   hwrm_total_timeout(i) + j,
 					   le16_to_cpu(ctx->req->req_type),
 					   le16_to_cpu(ctx->req->seq_id), len,
 					   *valid);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.h
index 9a9fc4e8041b..380ef69afb51 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ 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)
 {