diff --git a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
index cf991850f01..880ccf39e23 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static void ilo_ccb_close(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct ccb_data *data)
 	/* give iLO some time to process stop request */
 	for (retries = MAX_WAIT; retries > 0; retries--) {
 		doorbell_set(driver_ccb);
-		udelay(1);
+		udelay(WAIT_TIME);
 		if (!(ioread32(&device_ccb->send_ctrl) & (1 << CTRL_BITPOS_A))
 		    &&
 		    !(ioread32(&device_ccb->recv_ctrl) & (1 << CTRL_BITPOS_A)))
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static int ilo_ccb_open(struct ilo_hwinfo *hw, struct ccb_data *data, int slot)
 	for (i = MAX_WAIT; i > 0; i--) {
 		if (ilo_pkt_dequeue(hw, driver_ccb, SENDQ, &pkt_id, NULL, NULL))
 			break;
-		udelay(1);
+		udelay(WAIT_TIME);
 	}
 
 	if (i) {
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ static void __exit ilo_exit(void)
 	class_destroy(ilo_class);
 }
 
-MODULE_VERSION("1.0");
+MODULE_VERSION("1.1");
 MODULE_ALIAS(ILO_NAME);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(ILO_NAME);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Altobelli <david.altobelli@hp.com>");
diff --git a/drivers/misc/hpilo.h b/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
index b64a20ef07e..03a14c82aad 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@
 #define MAX_ILO_DEV	1
 /* max number of files */
 #define MAX_OPEN	(MAX_CCB * MAX_ILO_DEV)
+/* total wait time in usec */
+#define MAX_WAIT_TIME	10000
+/* per spin wait time in usec */
+#define WAIT_TIME	10
 /* spin counter for open/close delay */
-#define MAX_WAIT	10000
+#define MAX_WAIT	(MAX_WAIT_TIME / WAIT_TIME)
 
 /*
  * Per device, used to track global memory allocations.