diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c
index 3ef71a0..0095ce9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  **************************************************************************
  */
 
-#define MCDI_RPC_TIMEOUT       10 /*seconds */
+#define MCDI_RPC_TIMEOUT       (10 * HZ)
 
 #define MCDI_PDU(efx)							\
 	(efx_port_num(efx) ? MC_SMEM_P1_PDU_OFST : MC_SMEM_P0_PDU_OFST)
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 static int efx_mcdi_poll(struct efx_nic *efx)
 {
 	struct efx_mcdi_iface *mcdi = efx_mcdi(efx);
-	unsigned int time, finish;
+	unsigned long time, finish;
 	unsigned int respseq, respcmd, error;
 	unsigned int pdu = FR_CZ_MC_TREG_SMEM + MCDI_PDU(efx);
 	unsigned int rc, spins;
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 	 * and poll once a jiffy (approximately)
 	 */
 	spins = TICK_USEC;
-	finish = get_seconds() + MCDI_RPC_TIMEOUT;
+	finish = jiffies + MCDI_RPC_TIMEOUT;
 
 	while (1) {
 		if (spins != 0) {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 			schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
 		}
 
-		time = get_seconds();
+		time = jiffies;
 
 		rmb();
 		efx_readd(efx, &reg, pdu);
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 		    EFX_DWORD_FIELD(reg, MCDI_HEADER_RESPONSE))
 			break;
 
-		if (time >= finish)
+		if (time_after(time, finish))
 			return -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
 	if (wait_event_timeout(
 		    mcdi->wq,
 		    atomic_read(&mcdi->state) == MCDI_STATE_COMPLETED,
-		    msecs_to_jiffies(MCDI_RPC_TIMEOUT * 1000)) == 0)
+		    MCDI_RPC_TIMEOUT) == 0)
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 
 	/* Check if efx_mcdi_set_mode() switched us back to polled completions.