diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
index 4b32ca442433036860bc819eff2909efc6155e46..906a5013edae4a87d97e0e57d719235fc9830520 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
@@ -564,10 +564,10 @@ int aac_fib_send(u16 command, struct fib *fibptr, unsigned long size,
 			 * functioning because an interrupt routing or other
 			 * hardware failure has occurred.
 			 */
-			unsigned long count = 36000000L; /* 3 minutes */
+			unsigned long timeout = jiffies + (180 * HZ); /* 3 minutes */
 			while (down_trylock(&fibptr->event_wait)) {
 				int blink;
-				if (--count == 0) {
+				if (time_is_before_eq_jiffies(timeout)) {
 					struct aac_queue * q = &dev->queues->queue[AdapNormCmdQueue];
 					spin_lock_irqsave(q->lock, qflags);
 					q->numpending--;
@@ -588,7 +588,10 @@ int aac_fib_send(u16 command, struct fib *fibptr, unsigned long size,
 					}
 					return -EFAULT;
 				}
-				udelay(5);
+				/* We used to udelay() here but that absorbed
+				 * a CPU when a timeout occured. Not very
+				 * useful. */
+				cpu_relax();
 			}
 		} else if (down_interruptible(&fibptr->event_wait)) {
 			/* Do nothing ... satisfy