diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio.c b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio.c
index 097fc0967e9d2925594d4062c308dc7274be48b4..cd9cfc1326d205157aeea0edc5582266a738b075 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
@@ -3332,13 +3332,7 @@ qdio_activate(struct ccw_device *cdev, int flags)
 		}
 	}
 
-	wait_event_interruptible_timeout(cdev->private->wait_q,
-					 ((irq_ptr->state ==
-					  QDIO_IRQ_STATE_STOPPED) ||
-					  (irq_ptr->state ==
-					   QDIO_IRQ_STATE_ERR)),
-					 QDIO_ACTIVATE_TIMEOUT);
-
+	msleep(QDIO_ACTIVATE_TIMEOUT);
 	switch (irq_ptr->state) {
 	case QDIO_IRQ_STATE_STOPPED:
 	case QDIO_IRQ_STATE_ERR:
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio.h b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio.h
index 37870e4e938ed9d771d91af65f0b606b8fa61da2..da8a272fd75b678d5c622eca50d3e5e056bc06c5 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio.h
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@
 					    of the queue to 0 */
 
 #define QDIO_ESTABLISH_TIMEOUT (1*HZ)
-#define QDIO_ACTIVATE_TIMEOUT (5*HZ)
 #define QDIO_CLEANUP_CLEAR_TIMEOUT (20*HZ)
 #define QDIO_CLEANUP_HALT_TIMEOUT (10*HZ)
 #define QDIO_FORCE_CHECK_TIMEOUT (10*HZ)
+#define QDIO_ACTIVATE_TIMEOUT (5) /* 5 ms */
 
 enum qdio_irq_states {
 	QDIO_IRQ_STATE_INACTIVE,