diff --git a/drivers/pci/host/pci-aardvark.c b/drivers/pci/host/pci-aardvark.c
index c1db09fbbe04..5dbbf3d7de36 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/host/pci-aardvark.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/host/pci-aardvark.c
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@
 	(PCIE_CONF_BUS(bus) | PCIE_CONF_DEV(PCI_SLOT(devfn))	| \
 	 PCIE_CONF_FUNC(PCI_FUNC(devfn)) | PCIE_CONF_REG(where))
 
-#define PIO_TIMEOUT_MS			1
+#define PIO_RETRY_CNT			500
+#define PIO_RETRY_DELAY			2 /* 2 us*/
 
 #define LINK_WAIT_MAX_RETRIES		10
 #define LINK_WAIT_USLEEP_MIN		90000
@@ -413,17 +414,16 @@ static void advk_pcie_check_pio_status(struct advk_pcie *pcie)
 static int advk_pcie_wait_pio(struct advk_pcie *pcie)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &pcie->pdev->dev;
-	unsigned long timeout;
+	int i;
 
-	timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(PIO_TIMEOUT_MS);
-
-	while (time_before(jiffies, timeout)) {
+	for (i = 0; i < PIO_RETRY_CNT; i++) {
 		u32 start, isr;
 
 		start = advk_readl(pcie, PIO_START);
 		isr = advk_readl(pcie, PIO_ISR);
 		if (!start && isr)
 			return 0;
+		udelay(PIO_RETRY_DELAY);
 	}
 
 	dev_err(dev, "config read/write timed out\n");