diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index 23b0ba49300a054defe0a4a913c6769a87b87683..7990b98d4f735d6b4fb11f8b203e0dfa9a5914e8 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -4477,7 +4477,6 @@ static int cciss_controller_hard_reset(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		 */
 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "using doorbell to reset controller\n");
 		writel(use_doorbell, vaddr + SA5_DOORBELL);
-		msleep(1000);
 	} else { /* Try to do it the PCI power state way */
 
 		/* Quoting from the Open CISS Specification: "The Power
@@ -4508,8 +4507,6 @@ static int cciss_controller_hard_reset(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		pmcsr &= ~PCI_PM_CTRL_STATE_MASK;
 		pmcsr |= PCI_D0;
 		pci_write_config_word(pdev, pos + PCI_PM_CTRL, pmcsr);
-
-		msleep(500);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }