diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/applesmc.c b/drivers/hwmon/applesmc.c
index 282708860517..8f3f6f2c45fd 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/applesmc.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/applesmc.c
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@
 
 #define APPLESMC_MAX_DATA_LENGTH 32
 
-/* wait up to 32 ms for a status change. */
+/* wait up to 128 ms for a status change. */
 #define APPLESMC_MIN_WAIT	0x0010
 #define APPLESMC_RETRY_WAIT	0x0100
-#define APPLESMC_MAX_WAIT	0x8000
+#define APPLESMC_MAX_WAIT	0x20000
 
 #define APPLESMC_READ_CMD	0x10
 #define APPLESMC_WRITE_CMD	0x11