diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 2fb9873e0162..c06c5f81f087 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -4425,6 +4425,8 @@ static int bnxt_hwrm_do_send_msg(struct bnxt *bp, void *msg, u32 msg_len,
 
 	if (!timeout)
 		timeout = DFLT_HWRM_CMD_TIMEOUT;
+	/* Limit timeout to an upper limit */
+	timeout = min(timeout, HWRM_CMD_MAX_TIMEOUT);
 	/* convert timeout to usec */
 	timeout *= 1000;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
index 867b1d3a134e..cbb338baab07 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ struct nqe_cn {
 #define BNXT_HWRM_MAX_REQ_LEN		(bp->hwrm_max_req_len)
 #define BNXT_HWRM_SHORT_REQ_LEN		sizeof(struct hwrm_short_input)
 #define DFLT_HWRM_CMD_TIMEOUT		500
+#define HWRM_CMD_MAX_TIMEOUT		40000
 #define SHORT_HWRM_CMD_TIMEOUT		20
 #define HWRM_CMD_TIMEOUT		(bp->hwrm_cmd_timeout)
 #define HWRM_RESET_TIMEOUT		((HWRM_CMD_TIMEOUT) * 4)