diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/gpio-ir-tx.c b/drivers/media/rc/gpio-ir-tx.c
index e185ead40464..d15fb17fa0fa 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/gpio-ir-tx.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/gpio-ir-tx.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static int gpio_ir_tx_set_carrier(struct rc_dev *dev, u32 carrier)
 static void delay_until(ktime_t until)
 {
 	/*
-	 * delta should never exceed 0.5 seconds (IR_MAX_DURATION) and on
+	 * delta should never exceed 1 second (IR_MAX_DURATION) and on
 	 * m68k ndelay(s64) does not compile; so use s32 rather than s64.
 	 */
 	s32 delta;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static void gpio_ir_tx_modulated(struct gpio_ir *gpio_ir, uint *txbuf,
 {
 	ktime_t edge;
 	/*
-	 * delta should never exceed 0.5 seconds (IR_MAX_DURATION) and on
+	 * delta should never exceed 1 second (IR_MAX_DURATION) and on
 	 * m68k ndelay(s64) does not compile; so use s32 rather than s64.
 	 */
 	s32 delta;
diff --git a/include/media/rc-core.h b/include/media/rc-core.h
index 7c964b5ad792..d37fffc5dc3c 100644
--- a/include/media/rc-core.h
+++ b/include/media/rc-core.h
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ struct ir_raw_event {
 
 #define US_TO_NS(usec)		((usec) * 1000)
 #define MS_TO_US(msec)		((msec) * 1000)
-#define IR_MAX_DURATION		MS_TO_US(500)
+#define IR_MAX_DURATION		MS_TO_US(1000)
 #define IR_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT	MS_TO_US(125)
 #define IR_MAX_TIMEOUT		LIRC_VALUE_MASK