diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-bcm2708.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-bcm2708.c
index a5988019c39a6c..50ff6bf63ce9a0 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-bcm2708.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-bcm2708.c
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ static void sdhci_bcm2708_dma_complete_irq(struct sdhci_host *host,
 			   We get CRC and DEND errors unless we wait for
 			   the SD controller to finish reading/writing to the card. */
 			u32 state_mask;
-			int timeout=30*5000;
+			int timeout=3*1000*1000;
 
 			DBG("PDMA over - sync card\n");
 			if (data->flags & MMC_DATA_READ)