diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sprd_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sprd_serial.c
index d98e3dc4838e..90996ad97b37 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/sprd_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sprd_serial.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #define SPRD_FIFO_SIZE		128
 #define SPRD_DEF_RATE		26000000
 #define SPRD_BAUD_IO_LIMIT	3000000
-#define SPRD_TIMEOUT		256
+#define SPRD_TIMEOUT		256000
 
 /* the offset of serial registers and BITs for them */
 /* data registers */