1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index d2cb67b61176..b5a061114630 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -3611,11 +3611,15 @@ static int __devinit cciss_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
                 schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(30*HZ);
 
                 /* Now try to get the controller to respond to a no-op */
-                for (i=0; i<12; i++) {
+                for (i=0; i<30; i++) {
                         if (cciss_noop(pdev) == 0)
                                 break;
-                        else
-                                printk("cciss: no-op failed%s\n", (i < 11 ? "; re-trying" : ""));
+
+                        schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(HZ);
+                }
+                if (i == 30) {
+                        printk(KERN_ERR "cciss: controller seems dead\n");
+                        return -EBUSY;
                 }
         }