diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2168.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2168.c
index c4bbcd127cac..b973d61c3720 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2168.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2168.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static int si2168_cmd_execute(struct i2c_client *client, struct si2168_cmd *cmd)
 
 	if (cmd->rlen) {
 		/* wait cmd execution terminate */
-		#define TIMEOUT 70
+		#define TIMEOUT 140
 		timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(TIMEOUT);
 		while (!time_after(jiffies, timeout)) {
 			ret = i2c_master_recv(client, cmd->args, cmd->rlen);
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ static int si2168_cmd_execute(struct i2c_client *client, struct si2168_cmd *cmd)
 			/* firmware ready? */
 			if ((cmd->args[0] >> 7) & 0x01)
 				break;
+
+			usleep_range(2500, 3500);
 		}
 
 		dev_dbg(&client->dev, "cmd execution took %d ms\n",