diff --git a/drivers/block/scsi_ioctl.c b/drivers/block/scsi_ioctl.c
index 689527a89de7b3f88da38a1f39d855131b7c41fe..681871ca5d60a89af6978c4727daac1853314d5c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -328,11 +328,6 @@ static int sg_io(struct file *file, request_queue_t *q,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define FORMAT_UNIT_TIMEOUT		(2 * 60 * 60 * HZ)
-#define START_STOP_TIMEOUT		(60 * HZ)
-#define MOVE_MEDIUM_TIMEOUT		(5 * 60 * HZ)
-#define READ_ELEMENT_STATUS_TIMEOUT	(5 * 60 * HZ)
-#define READ_DEFECT_DATA_TIMEOUT	(60 * HZ )
 #define OMAX_SB_LEN 16          /* For backward compatibility */
 
 static int sg_scsi_ioctl(struct file *file, request_queue_t *q,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c
index 68c9728dfbbb3f9cd66919abde4d0893971a360a..7a6b530115ac9dbe78e136dc7e7ba5568e015cf0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@
 
 #define NORMAL_RETRIES			5
 #define IOCTL_NORMAL_TIMEOUT			(10 * HZ)
-#define FORMAT_UNIT_TIMEOUT		(2 * 60 * 60 * HZ)
-#define START_STOP_TIMEOUT		(60 * HZ)
-#define MOVE_MEDIUM_TIMEOUT		(5 * 60 * HZ)
-#define READ_ELEMENT_STATUS_TIMEOUT	(5 * 60 * HZ)
-#define READ_DEFECT_DATA_TIMEOUT	(60 * HZ )  /* ZIP-250 on parallel port takes as long! */
 
 #define MAX_BUF PAGE_SIZE
 
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi.h b/include/scsi/scsi.h
index 1d54c063ae52fa958c5cb3ad1cf5198e1de2ae52..3507b3d7c0ebeed2fddc6bb8ac08e782d4063329 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi.h
@@ -360,6 +360,15 @@ struct scsi_lun {
 #define sense_error(sense)  ((sense) & 0xf)
 #define sense_valid(sense)  ((sense) & 0x80);
 
+/*
+ * default timeouts
+*/
+#define FORMAT_UNIT_TIMEOUT		(2 * 60 * 60 * HZ)
+#define START_STOP_TIMEOUT		(60 * HZ)
+#define MOVE_MEDIUM_TIMEOUT		(5 * 60 * HZ)
+#define READ_ELEMENT_STATUS_TIMEOUT	(5 * 60 * HZ)
+#define READ_DEFECT_DATA_TIMEOUT	(60 * HZ )
+
 
 #define IDENTIFY_BASE       0x80
 #define IDENTIFY(can_disconnect, lun)   (IDENTIFY_BASE |\