diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
index a8244a54b5dd5ef9c4924441769a5f79d05e5f07..2708bcdddd41a6c4bb7f3b8ff08e33a20d15c665 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
@@ -571,6 +571,9 @@ i40e_status i40e_init_adminq(struct i40e_hw *hw)
 	/* Set up register offsets */
 	i40e_adminq_init_regs(hw);
 
+	/* setup ASQ command write back timeout */
+	hw->aq.asq_cmd_timeout = I40E_ASQ_CMD_TIMEOUT;
+
 	/* allocate the ASQ */
 	ret_code = i40e_init_asq(hw);
 	if (ret_code)
@@ -860,7 +863,7 @@ i40e_status i40e_asq_send_command(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 			/* ugh! delay while spin_lock */
 			udelay(delay_len);
 			total_delay += delay_len;
-		} while (total_delay <  I40E_ASQ_CMD_TIMEOUT);
+		} while (total_delay <  hw->aq.asq_cmd_timeout);
 	}
 
 	/* if ready, copy the desc back to temp */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.h
index c6142ba3a10d77b249fcc5ffe502b4b63926f1c1..bb76be1d38f73643fbdc78c413822d38bac441ff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ struct i40e_arq_event_info {
 struct i40e_adminq_info {
 	struct i40e_adminq_ring arq;    /* receive queue */
 	struct i40e_adminq_ring asq;    /* send queue */
+	u32 asq_cmd_timeout;            /* send queue cmd write back timeout*/
 	u16 num_arq_entries;            /* receive queue depth */
 	u16 num_asq_entries;            /* send queue depth */
 	u16 arq_buf_size;               /* receive queue buffer size */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c
index c277763bcac00681d5dc56c145f650e4884e2e81..cc4b6db10b0444eb3e991151a28c0531fffd0d07 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c
@@ -567,6 +567,9 @@ i40e_status i40evf_init_adminq(struct i40e_hw *hw)
 	/* Set up register offsets */
 	i40e_adminq_init_regs(hw);
 
+	/* setup ASQ command write back timeout */
+	hw->aq.asq_cmd_timeout = I40E_ASQ_CMD_TIMEOUT;
+
 	/* allocate the ASQ */
 	ret_code = i40e_init_asq(hw);
 	if (ret_code)
@@ -814,7 +817,7 @@ i40e_status i40evf_asq_send_command(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 			/* ugh! delay while spin_lock */
 			udelay(delay_len);
 			total_delay += delay_len;
-		} while (total_delay <  I40E_ASQ_CMD_TIMEOUT);
+		} while (total_delay <  hw->aq.asq_cmd_timeout);
 	}
 
 	/* if ready, copy the desc back to temp */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.h
index 933537564d95453421def56fc1f7551a8db97eda..162845589bf7ab1673a2c87b37bd47499d1e7c4f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ struct i40e_arq_event_info {
 struct i40e_adminq_info {
 	struct i40e_adminq_ring arq;    /* receive queue */
 	struct i40e_adminq_ring asq;    /* send queue */
+	u32 asq_cmd_timeout;            /* send queue cmd write back timeout*/
 	u16 num_arq_entries;            /* receive queue depth */
 	u16 num_asq_entries;            /* send queue depth */
 	u16 arq_buf_size;               /* receive queue buffer size */