diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index d48a694b92c9d01825dfda834006c732f7364dbd..bca1becd33f057abdcb329f87c3f9d5cbcfae947 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ static void release_napi(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
 static int ibmvnic_login(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
-	unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(30000);
+	unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(20000);
 	int retry_count = 0;
 	int retries = 10;
 	bool retry;
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ static void release_resources(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
 static int set_link_state(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter, u8 link_state)
 {
 	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
-	unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(30000);
+	unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(20000);
 	union ibmvnic_crq crq;
 	bool resend;
 	int rc;
@@ -5130,7 +5130,7 @@ static int init_crq_queue(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
 static int ibmvnic_reset_init(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter, bool reset)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &adapter->vdev->dev;
-	unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(30000);
+	unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(20000);
 	u64 old_num_rx_queues, old_num_tx_queues;
 	int rc;