diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/bcm47xxnflash/ops_bcm4706.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/bcm47xxnflash/ops_bcm4706.c
index 86c9a79b89b..595de4012e7 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/bcm47xxnflash/ops_bcm4706.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/bcm47xxnflash/ops_bcm4706.c
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 #include "bcm47xxnflash.h"
 
 /* Broadcom uses 1'000'000 but it seems to be too many. Tests on WNDR4500 has
- * shown 164 retries as maxiumum. */
-#define NFLASH_READY_RETRIES		1000
+ * shown ~1000 retries as maxiumum. */
+#define NFLASH_READY_RETRIES		10000
 
 #define NFLASH_SECTOR_SIZE		512