1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash.c
index 8c21d378f5d2..778f22fd85d2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash.c
@@ -134,8 +134,10 @@ static void crash_kexec_prepare_cpus(void)
          * the crash CPU will send an IPI and wait for other CPUs to
          * respond. If not, proceed the kexec boot even though we failed to
          * capture other CPU states.
+         * Delay of at least 10 seconds.
          */
-        msecs = 1000000;
+        printk(KERN_ALERT "Sending IPI to other cpus...\n");
+        msecs = 10000;
         while ((atomic_read(&waiting_for_crash_ipi) > 0) && (--msecs > 0)) {
                 barrier();
                 mdelay(1);