diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c b/drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c
index 2733070acf39..9eebeffcd8fd 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ static void whitelist(struct mei_cl_device *cldev)
 	cldev->do_match = 1;
 }
 
+#define MKHI_SEND_MAX_TIMEOUT_MSEC 4000
+
 #define OSTYPE_LINUX    2
 struct mei_os_ver {
 	__le16 build;
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ static int mei_osver(struct mei_cl_device *cldev)
 	os_ver = (struct mei_os_ver *)fwcaps->data;
 	os_ver->os_type = OSTYPE_LINUX;
 
-	return __mei_cl_send(cldev->cl, buf, size, 0, mode);
+	return __mei_cl_send_timeout(cldev->cl, buf, size, 0, mode, MKHI_SEND_MAX_TIMEOUT_MSEC);
 }
 
 #define MKHI_FWVER_BUF_LEN (sizeof(struct mkhi_msg_hdr) + \
@@ -148,8 +150,8 @@ static int mei_fwver(struct mei_cl_device *cldev)
 	req.hdr.group_id = MKHI_GEN_GROUP_ID;
 	req.hdr.command = MKHI_GEN_GET_FW_VERSION_CMD;
 
-	ret = __mei_cl_send(cldev->cl, (u8 *)&req, sizeof(req), 0,
-			    MEI_CL_IO_TX_BLOCKING);
+	ret = __mei_cl_send_timeout(cldev->cl, (u8 *)&req, sizeof(req), 0,
+				    MEI_CL_IO_TX_BLOCKING, MKHI_SEND_MAX_TIMEOUT_MSEC);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_info(&cldev->dev, "Could not send ReqFWVersion cmd ret = %d\n", ret);
 		return ret;