diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c
index 8be8c510fdf7..7532603aafb1 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c
@@ -6227,7 +6227,7 @@ _base_send_ioc_init(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc)
 
 	r = _base_handshake_req_reply_wait(ioc,
 	    sizeof(Mpi2IOCInitRequest_t), (u32 *)&mpi_request,
-	    sizeof(Mpi2IOCInitReply_t), (u16 *)&mpi_reply, 10);
+	    sizeof(Mpi2IOCInitReply_t), (u16 *)&mpi_reply, 30);
 
 	if (r != 0) {
 		ioc_err(ioc, "%s: handshake failed (r=%d)\n", __func__, r);