diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000_dma.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000_dma.c
index da66ac511c4c60df8dabe849cd02ba9ae2d76dad..4d5402a1d262976bdede2fed63875000d81e17fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000_dma.c
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ static int dwmac1000_dma_init(void __iomem *ioaddr, int pbl, u32 dma_tx,
 	/* DMA SW reset */
 	value |= DMA_BUS_MODE_SFT_RESET;
 	writel(value, ioaddr + DMA_BUS_MODE);
-	limit = 15000;
+	limit = 10;
 	while (limit--) {
 		if (!(readl(ioaddr + DMA_BUS_MODE) & DMA_BUS_MODE_SFT_RESET))
 			break;
+		mdelay(10);
 	}
 	if (limit < 0)
 		return -EBUSY;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac100_dma.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac100_dma.c
index 627f656b0f3c581bbb20a45084b7c1fd87a22194..bc17fd08b55dc9085a9ea66cefe1f388fd3ce985 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac100_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac100_dma.c
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ static int dwmac100_dma_init(void __iomem *ioaddr, int pbl, u32 dma_tx,
 	/* DMA SW reset */
 	value |= DMA_BUS_MODE_SFT_RESET;
 	writel(value, ioaddr + DMA_BUS_MODE);
-	limit = 15000;
+	limit = 10;
 	while (limit--) {
 		if (!(readl(ioaddr + DMA_BUS_MODE) & DMA_BUS_MODE_SFT_RESET))
 			break;
+		mdelay(10);
 	}
 	if (limit < 0)
 		return -EBUSY;