diff --git a/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c b/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c
index f0672ed416cbce2e5e09eb1fdb45e4956fd45228..c6dcb3358ebe2a9e2fc6a5114a6c3c08a2a67c78 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c
@@ -407,7 +407,6 @@ static int pqi_identify_physical_device(struct pqi_ctrl_info *ctrl_info,
 }
 
 #define SA_CACHE_FLUSH_BUFFER_LENGTH	4
-#define PQI_FLUSH_CACHE_TIMEOUT		(30 * 1000)
 
 static int pqi_flush_cache(struct pqi_ctrl_info *ctrl_info)
 {
@@ -434,7 +433,7 @@ static int pqi_flush_cache(struct pqi_ctrl_info *ctrl_info)
 		goto out;
 
 	rc = pqi_submit_raid_request_synchronous(ctrl_info, &request.header,
-		0, NULL, PQI_FLUSH_CACHE_TIMEOUT);
+		0, NULL, NO_TIMEOUT);
 
 	pqi_pci_unmap(ctrl_info->pci_dev, request.sg_descriptors, 1,
 		pci_direction);