diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 68647ff4bdd2..5bd8a24be6b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4801,6 +4801,11 @@ Kernel parameters
 			Example:
 			nvme.quirks=7710:2267:bogus_nid,^identify_cns-9900:7711:broken_msi
 
+	nvmet_tcp.tls_handshake_timeout=
+			[NVME] NVMe/TCP target TLS handshake timeout in seconds.
+			Valid values range from 0 to the smaller of
+			UINT_MAX / 1000 and MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET / HZ. Default: 10
+
 	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW,EARLY] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
 			See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
 			info.
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
index e59810175262..7937377436d3 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/crc32c.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
@@ -76,8 +77,24 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(idle_poll_period_usecs,
 /*
  * TLS handshake timeout
  */
-static int tls_handshake_timeout = 10;
-module_param(tls_handshake_timeout, int, 0644);
+static unsigned int tls_handshake_timeout = 10;
+
+static int tls_handshake_timeout_set(const char *val,
+				     const struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+	return param_set_uint_minmax(val, kp, 0,
+		min_t(unsigned long, UINT_MAX / MSEC_PER_SEC,
+		      MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET / HZ));
+}
+
+static const struct kernel_param_ops tls_handshake_timeout_ops = {
+	.set = tls_handshake_timeout_set,
+	.get = param_get_uint,
+};
+
+module_param_cb(tls_handshake_timeout, &tls_handshake_timeout_ops,
+		&tls_handshake_timeout, 0644);
+__MODULE_PARM_TYPE(tls_handshake_timeout, "uint");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(tls_handshake_timeout,
 		 "nvme TLS handshake timeout in seconds (default 10)");
 #endif
@@ -1904,6 +1921,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_tls_handshake(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
 {
 	int ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	struct tls_handshake_args args;
+	unsigned int timeout = READ_ONCE(tls_handshake_timeout);
 
 	if (queue->state != NVMET_TCP_Q_TLS_HANDSHAKE) {
 		pr_warn("cannot start TLS in state %d\n", queue->state);
@@ -1917,7 +1935,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_tls_handshake(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
 	args.ta_done = nvmet_tcp_tls_handshake_done;
 	args.ta_data = queue;
 	args.ta_keyring = key_serial(queue->port->nport->keyring);
-	args.ta_timeout_ms = tls_handshake_timeout * 1000;
+	args.ta_timeout_ms = timeout * MSEC_PER_SEC;
 
 	ret = tls_server_hello_psk(&args, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -1925,7 +1943,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_tls_handshake(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
 		pr_err("failed to start TLS, err=%d\n", ret);
 	} else {
 		queue_delayed_work(nvmet_wq, &queue->tls_handshake_tmo_work,
-				   tls_handshake_timeout * HZ);
+				   (unsigned long)timeout * HZ);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }