diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
index a815da92d4eb..3388a43b78f6 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ enum {
 	/* one minute for the sake of bringup. Generally, commands must always
 	 * complete and we may need to increase this timeout value
 	 */
-	MLX5_CMD_TIMEOUT_MSEC	= 7200 * 1000,
+	MLX5_CMD_TIMEOUT_MSEC	= 60 * 1000,
 	MLX5_CMD_WQ_MAX_NAME	= 32,
 };