diff --git a/drivers/net/stmmac/dwmac1000_dma.c b/drivers/net/stmmac/dwmac1000_dma.c
index 2ef5a56370e94f07d48993e7f5d151fe84860e8f..ce6163e39cd540416c1c286f5d9aae77cd397adf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/stmmac/dwmac1000_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/stmmac/dwmac1000_dma.c
@@ -33,10 +33,18 @@ static int dwmac1000_dma_init(void __iomem *ioaddr, int pbl, u32 dma_tx,
 			      u32 dma_rx)
 {
 	u32 value = readl(ioaddr + DMA_BUS_MODE);
+	int limit;
+
 	/* DMA SW reset */
 	value |= DMA_BUS_MODE_SFT_RESET;
 	writel(value, ioaddr + DMA_BUS_MODE);
-	do {} while ((readl(ioaddr + DMA_BUS_MODE) & DMA_BUS_MODE_SFT_RESET));
+	limit = 15000;
+	while (limit--) {
+		if (!(readl(ioaddr + DMA_BUS_MODE) & DMA_BUS_MODE_SFT_RESET))
+			break;
+	}
+	if (limit < 0)
+		return -EBUSY;
 
 	value = /* DMA_BUS_MODE_FB | */ DMA_BUS_MODE_4PBL |
 	    ((pbl << DMA_BUS_MODE_PBL_SHIFT) |
diff --git a/drivers/net/stmmac/dwmac100_dma.c b/drivers/net/stmmac/dwmac100_dma.c
index c7279d2b946b634927d9dc9f4e05d010eee4f88c..96aac93b789b9bc690234cb0c259cedd7aa846d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/stmmac/dwmac100_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/stmmac/dwmac100_dma.c
@@ -35,10 +35,18 @@ static int dwmac100_dma_init(void __iomem *ioaddr, int pbl, u32 dma_tx,
 			     u32 dma_rx)
 {
 	u32 value = readl(ioaddr + DMA_BUS_MODE);
+	int limit;
+
 	/* DMA SW reset */
 	value |= DMA_BUS_MODE_SFT_RESET;
 	writel(value, ioaddr + DMA_BUS_MODE);
-	do {} while ((readl(ioaddr + DMA_BUS_MODE) & DMA_BUS_MODE_SFT_RESET));
+	limit = 15000;
+	while (limit--) {
+		if (!(readl(ioaddr + DMA_BUS_MODE) & DMA_BUS_MODE_SFT_RESET))
+			break;
+	}
+	if (limit < 0)
+		return -EBUSY;
 
 	/* Enable Application Access by writing to DMA CSR0 */
 	writel(DMA_BUS_MODE_DEFAULT | (pbl << DMA_BUS_MODE_PBL_SHIFT),