diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index 3e6df47b69735b3c357d1499df8be3dd122aa917..80f754d7cf65b1ad74b330468dbd0300852e476b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -2033,11 +2033,13 @@ static void be_tx_compl_clean(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 	bool dummy_wrb;
 	int i, pending_txqs;
 
-	/* Wait for a max of 200ms for all the tx-completions to arrive. */
+	/* Stop polling for compls when HW has been silent for 10ms */
 	do {
 		pending_txqs = adapter->num_tx_qs;
 
 		for_all_tx_queues(adapter, txo, i) {
+			cmpl = 0;
+			num_wrbs = 0;
 			txq = &txo->q;
 			while ((txcp = be_tx_compl_get(&txo->cq))) {
 				end_idx =
@@ -2050,14 +2052,13 @@ static void be_tx_compl_clean(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 			if (cmpl) {
 				be_cq_notify(adapter, txo->cq.id, false, cmpl);
 				atomic_sub(num_wrbs, &txq->used);
-				cmpl = 0;
-				num_wrbs = 0;
+				timeo = 0;
 			}
 			if (atomic_read(&txq->used) == 0)
 				pending_txqs--;
 		}
 
-		if (pending_txqs == 0 || ++timeo > 200)
+		if (pending_txqs == 0 || ++timeo > 10 || be_hw_error(adapter))
 			break;
 
 		mdelay(1);