diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c
index 7b5bf0da81d8..1bd920fd611d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static int netvsc_init_recv_buf(struct hv_device *device)
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&net_device->channel_init_wait, HZ);
+	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&net_device->channel_init_wait, 5*HZ);
 	BUG_ON(t == 0);
 
 
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ static int netvsc_connect_vsp(struct hv_device *device)
 	if (ret != 0)
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&net_device->channel_init_wait, HZ);
+	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&net_device->channel_init_wait, 5*HZ);
 
 	if (t == 0) {
 		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c b/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
index 5674a135db98..dbb520199756 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ static int rndis_filter_query_device(struct rndis_device *dev, u32 oid,
 	if (ret != 0)
 		goto Cleanup;
 
-	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&request->wait_event, HZ);
+	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&request->wait_event, 5*HZ);
 	if (t == 0) {
 		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
 		goto Cleanup;
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static int rndis_filter_set_packet_filter(struct rndis_device *dev,
 	if (ret != 0)
 		goto Cleanup;
 
-	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&request->wait_event, HZ);
+	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&request->wait_event, 5*HZ);
 
 	if (t == 0) {
 		ret = -1;
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ static int rndis_filter_init_device(struct rndis_device *dev)
 	}
 
 
-	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&request->wait_event, HZ);
+	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&request->wait_event, 5*HZ);
 
 	if (t == 0) {
 		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;