diff --git a/sound/pci/ad1889.c b/sound/pci/ad1889.c
index d4965ebe967f8fc705f8f0f7807ac19e1191716a..d9c54c08e2dbde1e46421dd42f5647f57e329590 100644
--- a/sound/pci/ad1889.c
+++ b/sound/pci/ad1889.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ snd_ad1889_ac97_ready(struct snd_ad1889 *chip)
 	
 	while (!(ad1889_readw(chip, AD_AC97_ACIC) & AD_AC97_ACIC_ACRDY) 
 			&& --retry)
-		mdelay(1);
+		usleep_range(1000, 2000);
 	if (!retry) {
 		dev_err(chip->card->dev, "[%s] Link is not ready.\n",
 			__func__);