diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2168.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2168.c
index ce9ab442b4b6..d2f1a3e959e7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2168.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2168.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static int si2168_cmd_execute(struct si2168 *s, struct si2168_cmd *cmd)
 
 	if (cmd->rlen) {
 		/* wait cmd execution terminate */
-		#define TIMEOUT 50
+		#define TIMEOUT 70
 		timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(TIMEOUT);
 		while (!time_after(jiffies, timeout)) {
 			ret = i2c_master_recv(s->client, cmd->args, cmd->rlen);