1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 7855f9f45b8..62787e30d50 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -900,6 +900,14 @@ static void sender(void                *send_info,
         printk("**Enqueue: %d.%9.9d\n", t.tv_sec, t.tv_usec);
 #endif
 
+        /*
+         * last_timeout_jiffies is updated here to avoid
+         * smi_timeout() handler passing very large time_diff
+         * value to smi_event_handler() that causes
+         * the send command to abort.
+         */
+        smi_info->last_timeout_jiffies = jiffies;
+
         mod_timer(&smi_info->si_timer, jiffies + SI_TIMEOUT_JIFFIES);
 
         if (smi_info->thread)