diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 866ac9d5530a60f77634752d9a8013c234268de9..8aa61403303ff631a5d908d51100daa5dc8fa723 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -2183,7 +2183,8 @@ int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_link *link, int classify,
 				"(errno=%d), retrying in %u secs\n",
 				rc, (jiffies_to_msecs(delta) + 999) / 1000);
 
-			schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(delta);
+			while (delta)
+				delta = schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(delta);
 		}
 
 		if (rc == -EPIPE ||