diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_sdio.c
index 7b8c653aaf1b1e88e328abdf6de690fb2f44093f..eec1cbf2c3a31f4e7674a9ea8d46152c77f3f769 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_sdio.c
@@ -1786,13 +1786,6 @@ static uint brcmf_sdio_readframes(struct brcmf_sdio *bus, uint maxframes)
 	return rxcount;
 }
 
-static void
-brcmf_sdbrcm_wait_for_event(struct brcmf_sdio *bus, bool *lockvar)
-{
-	wait_event_interruptible_timeout(bus->ctrl_wait, !*lockvar, HZ * 2);
-	return;
-}
-
 static void
 brcmf_sdbrcm_wait_event_wakeup(struct brcmf_sdio *bus)
 {
@@ -2662,7 +2655,9 @@ brcmf_sdbrcm_bus_txctl(struct device *dev, unsigned char *msg, uint msglen)
 		bus->ctrl_frame_buf = frame;
 		bus->ctrl_frame_len = len;
 
-		brcmf_sdbrcm_wait_for_event(bus, &bus->ctrl_frame_stat);
+		wait_event_interruptible_timeout(bus->ctrl_wait,
+						 !bus->ctrl_frame_stat,
+						 msecs_to_jiffies(2000));
 
 		if (!bus->ctrl_frame_stat) {
 			brcmf_dbg(INFO, "ctrl_frame_stat == false\n");