diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 27cced9c7249e32ef0660fd14d9ace591e11eba6..4526befd60c5e31bc540383e5bbb1790fdfbfe2b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ static void kvmppc_remove_runnable(struct kvmppc_vcore *vc,
 static int kvmppc_grab_hwthread(int cpu)
 {
 	struct paca_struct *tpaca;
-	long timeout = 1000;
+	long timeout = 10000;
 
 	tpaca = &paca[cpu];