diff --git a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/dir.c b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/dir.c
index 10d21a49d28b3073601073863aa9bf5e0594211c..b5799842fb8474d90970a7c299abea506729504e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/dir.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/dir.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static int pohmelfs_sync_remote_dir(struct pohmelfs_inode *pi)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = &pi->vfs_inode;
 	struct pohmelfs_sb *psb = POHMELFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
-	long ret = msecs_to_jiffies(25000);
+	long ret = psb->wait_on_page_timeout;
 	int err;
 
 	dprintk("%s: dir: %llu, state: %lx: remote_synced: %d.\n",