diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-pmp.c b/drivers/ata/libata-pmp.c
index f3ad024394c22fbf7715d01f017600a3585c9c2e..04a486a3e7b85fe21e68bd20534af36957668385 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-pmp.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-pmp.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static unsigned int sata_pmp_read(struct ata_link *link, int reg, u32 *r_val)
 	tf.device = link->pmp;
 
 	err_mask = ata_exec_internal(pmp_dev, &tf, NULL, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0,
-				     SATA_PMP_SCR_TIMEOUT);
+				     SATA_PMP_RW_TIMEOUT);
 	if (err_mask)
 		return err_mask;
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static unsigned int sata_pmp_write(struct ata_link *link, int reg, u32 val)
 	tf.lbah = (val >> 24) & 0xff;
 
 	return ata_exec_internal(pmp_dev, &tf, NULL, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0,
-				 SATA_PMP_SCR_TIMEOUT);
+				 SATA_PMP_RW_TIMEOUT);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 07ec193fc94191a589b9035f78a4c684969a258d..8d6999da1d3e168e452586e19b189165b6116465 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ enum {
 	ATA_EH_PMP_TRIES	= 5,
 	ATA_EH_PMP_LINK_TRIES	= 3,
 
-	SATA_PMP_SCR_TIMEOUT	= 250,
+	SATA_PMP_RW_TIMEOUT	= 3000,		/* PMP read/write timeout */
 
 	/* Horkage types. May be set by libata or controller on drives
 	   (some horkage may be drive/controller pair dependant */