diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
index 733a55c09b1ca732f6316b5ef7d5aaa9387ffe3e..8f502505aa796f658775509ef1f3b56bb21ead43 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
@@ -1789,7 +1789,8 @@ qla24xx_async_abort_cmd(srb_t *cmd_sp, bool wait)
 
 	abt_iocb->timeout = qla24xx_abort_iocb_timeout;
 	init_completion(&abt_iocb->u.abt.comp);
-	qla2x00_init_timer(sp, qla2x00_get_async_timeout(vha));
+	/* FW can send 2 x ABTS's timeout/20s */
+	qla2x00_init_timer(sp, 42);
 
 	abt_iocb->u.abt.cmd_hndl = cmd_sp->handle;
 	abt_iocb->u.abt.req_que_no = cpu_to_le16(cmd_sp->qpair->req->id);