diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
index 53b53b5..4d1170f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@
 		BRR_EN | BWR_EN | TC_EN | CC_EN)
 
 #define MMC_AUTOSUSPEND_DELAY	100
-#define MMC_TIMEOUT_MS		20
+#define MMC_TIMEOUT_MS		20		/* 20 mSec */
+#define MMC_TIMEOUT_US		20000		/* 20000 micro Sec */
 #define OMAP_MMC_MIN_CLOCK	400000
 #define OMAP_MMC_MAX_CLOCK	52000000
 #define DRIVER_NAME		"omap_hsmmc"
@@ -967,8 +968,7 @@
 						   unsigned long bit)
 {
 	unsigned long i = 0;
-	unsigned long limit = (loops_per_jiffy *
-				msecs_to_jiffies(MMC_TIMEOUT_MS));
+	unsigned long limit = MMC_TIMEOUT_US;
 
 	OMAP_HSMMC_WRITE(host->base, SYSCTL,
 			 OMAP_HSMMC_READ(host->base, SYSCTL) | bit);
@@ -980,13 +980,13 @@
 	if (mmc_slot(host).features & HSMMC_HAS_UPDATED_RESET) {
 		while ((!(OMAP_HSMMC_READ(host->base, SYSCTL) & bit))
 					&& (i++ < limit))
-			cpu_relax();
+			udelay(1);
 	}
 	i = 0;
 
 	while ((OMAP_HSMMC_READ(host->base, SYSCTL) & bit) &&
 		(i++ < limit))
-		cpu_relax();
+		udelay(1);
 
 	if (OMAP_HSMMC_READ(host->base, SYSCTL) & bit)
 		dev_err(mmc_dev(host->mmc),