diff --git a/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_driver.c b/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_driver.c
index 307d3a6b73952af0eaec4d3924323ef89c8d72c2..ab4a60102d08a071c5a7ba45886321feadd58a00 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_driver.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 unsigned int uvc_no_drop_param;
 static unsigned int uvc_quirks_param;
 unsigned int uvc_trace_param;
+unsigned int uvc_timeout_param = UVC_CTRL_STREAMING_TIMEOUT;
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Video formats
@@ -2195,6 +2196,8 @@ module_param_named(quirks, uvc_quirks_param, uint, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(quirks, "Forced device quirks");
 module_param_named(trace, uvc_trace_param, uint, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(trace, "Trace level bitmask");
+module_param_named(timeout, uvc_timeout_param, uint, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout, "Streaming control requests timeout");
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_video.c b/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_video.c
index 3369200a91d71197ac9c6e49bdba837d32621e09..05139a4f14f6739f9f97dc30bc16e93959f7dfa2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_video.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static int uvc_get_video_ctrl(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
 
 	ret = __uvc_query_ctrl(stream->dev, query, 0, stream->intfnum,
 		probe ? UVC_VS_PROBE_CONTROL : UVC_VS_COMMIT_CONTROL, data,
-		size, UVC_CTRL_STREAMING_TIMEOUT);
+		size, uvc_timeout_param);
 
 	if ((query == UVC_GET_MIN || query == UVC_GET_MAX) && ret == 2) {
 		/* Some cameras, mostly based on Bison Electronics chipsets,
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static int uvc_set_video_ctrl(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
 
 	ret = __uvc_query_ctrl(stream->dev, UVC_SET_CUR, 0, stream->intfnum,
 		probe ? UVC_VS_PROBE_CONTROL : UVC_VS_COMMIT_CONTROL, data,
-		size, UVC_CTRL_STREAMING_TIMEOUT);
+		size, uvc_timeout_param);
 	if (ret != size) {
 		uvc_printk(KERN_ERR, "Failed to set UVC %s control : "
 			"%d (exp. %u).\n", probe ? "probe" : "commit",
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcvideo.h b/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcvideo.h
index dae5f57523db1364f5064028b04adbe4bdf3df2a..fb3342ae6d7c09a8f13b7e90c6d34330bada6301 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcvideo.h
+++ b/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcvideo.h
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ struct uvc_xu_control {
 #define UVC_MAX_STATUS_SIZE	16
 
 #define UVC_CTRL_CONTROL_TIMEOUT	300
-#define UVC_CTRL_STREAMING_TIMEOUT	1000
+#define UVC_CTRL_STREAMING_TIMEOUT	3000
 
 /* Devices quirks */
 #define UVC_QUIRK_STATUS_INTERVAL	0x00000001
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ struct uvc_driver {
 
 extern unsigned int uvc_no_drop_param;
 extern unsigned int uvc_trace_param;
+extern unsigned int uvc_timeout_param;
 
 #define uvc_trace(flag, msg...) \
 	do { \