diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
index 3557f0d04b46d9270195bbb565a43933d01f87c2..acdd0adaf5da49a468159ce7ddb1a015fe11e5b3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
@@ -96,13 +96,14 @@ revalidate(const char __user *str, size_t size)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
 	aoecmd_cleanslate(d);
+	aoecmd_cfg(major, minor);
 loop:
 	skb = aoecmd_ata_id(d);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
 	/* try again if we are able to sleep a bit,
 	 * otherwise give up this revalidation
 	 */
-	if (!skb && !msleep_interruptible(200)) {
+	if (!skb && !msleep_interruptible(250)) {
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
 		goto loop;
 	}
@@ -113,7 +114,6 @@ revalidate(const char __user *str, size_t size)
 		__skb_queue_tail(&queue, skb);
 		aoenet_xmit(&queue);
 	}
-	aoecmd_cfg(major, minor);
 	return 0;
 }