diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c b/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
index cffca7c9143d..455f47a891f1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ int vmbus_open(struct vmbus_channel *newchannel, u32 send_ringbuffer_size,
 	if (ret != 0)
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&openInfo->waitevent, HZ);
+	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&openInfo->waitevent, 5*HZ);
 	if (t == 0) {
 		err = -ETIMEDOUT;
 		goto errorout;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/staging/hv/channel_mgmt.c
index 2d270ce376bb..bf011f3fb851 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/channel_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/channel_mgmt.c
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ int vmbus_request_offers(void)
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&msginfo->waitevent, HZ);
+	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&msginfo->waitevent, 5*HZ);
 	if (t == 0) {
 		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
 		goto cleanup;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/connection.c b/drivers/staging/hv/connection.c
index 7e15392fac9e..e6b40392e08d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/connection.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/connection.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ int vmbus_connect(void)
 	}
 
 	/* Wait for the connection response */
-	t =  wait_for_completion_timeout(&msginfo->waitevent, HZ);
+	t =  wait_for_completion_timeout(&msginfo->waitevent, 5*HZ);
 	if (t == 0) {
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&vmbus_connection.channelmsg_lock,
 				flags);