diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c
index 33df340db1f1c9285bdfaf9614ade6cefeece957..611e7cc5f07b81e927462e014aeee88243665740 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c
@@ -198,8 +198,10 @@ static inline int wait_for_user_access(struct davinci_mdio_data *data)
 			return 0;
 
 		reg = __raw_readl(&regs->control);
-		if ((reg & CONTROL_IDLE) == 0)
+		if ((reg & CONTROL_IDLE) == 0) {
+			usleep_range(100, 200);
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * An emac soft_reset may have clobbered the mdio controller's