diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_kcs_sm.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_kcs_sm.c
index cf82fedae099..e53fc24c6af3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_kcs_sm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_kcs_sm.c
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ enum kcs_states {
 #define MAX_KCS_WRITE_SIZE IPMI_MAX_MSG_LENGTH
 
 /* Timeouts in microseconds. */
-#define IBF_RETRY_TIMEOUT 1000000
-#define OBF_RETRY_TIMEOUT 1000000
+#define IBF_RETRY_TIMEOUT 5000000
+#define OBF_RETRY_TIMEOUT 5000000
 #define MAX_ERROR_RETRIES 10
 #define ERROR0_OBF_WAIT_JIFFIES (2*HZ)