diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/tlan.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/tlan.c
index 872f94c7f1cfbb0417b556155fb3f4c4c655c90a..c4021de7ebea53ae1d679fe44aece9cba89857ae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/tlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/tlan.c
@@ -2698,7 +2698,7 @@ static void tlan_phy_finish_auto_neg(struct net_device *dev)
 		/* Wait for 8 sec to give the process
 		 * more time.  Perhaps we should fail after a while.
 		 */
-		tlan_set_timer(dev, (8*HZ), TLAN_TIMER_PHY_FINISH_AN);
+		tlan_set_timer(dev, 2 * HZ, TLAN_TIMER_PHY_FINISH_AN);
 		return;
 	}