diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ti_am335x_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ti_am335x_adc.c
index bed9977a1863bfd7353778235a20529e297fd71d..c3cfacca25410c5660aaac5a13947f770fda05c0 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/ti_am335x_adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ti_am335x_adc.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ static int tiadc_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 
 	am335x_tsc_se_set_once(adc_dev->mfd_tscadc, step_en);
 
-	timeout = jiffies + usecs_to_jiffies
+	timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies
 				(IDLE_TIMEOUT * adc_dev->channels);
 	/* Wait for Fifo threshold interrupt */
 	while (1) {
diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/ti_am335x_tscadc.h b/include/linux/mfd/ti_am335x_tscadc.h
index 2567a87872b0afbf0a5db0716871aea88626b3d7..7f55b8b410328f764bbed1949711d588406fe29c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mfd/ti_am335x_tscadc.h
+++ b/include/linux/mfd/ti_am335x_tscadc.h
@@ -138,16 +138,16 @@
 /*
  * time in us for processing a single channel, calculated as follows:
  *
- * num cycles = open delay + (sample delay + conv time) * averaging
+ * max num cycles = open delay + (sample delay + conv time) * averaging
  *
- * num cycles: 152 + (1 + 13) * 16 = 376
+ * max num cycles: 262143 + (255 + 13) * 16 = 266431
  *
  * clock frequency: 26MHz / 8 = 3.25MHz
  * clock period: 1 / 3.25MHz = 308ns
  *
- * processing time: 376 * 308ns = 116us
+ * max processing time: 266431 * 308ns = 83ms(approx)
  */
-#define IDLE_TIMEOUT 116 /* microsec */
+#define IDLE_TIMEOUT 83 /* milliseconds */
 
 #define TSCADC_CELLS		2