diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
index 3eb0382491ce..7cdd507a80ec 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ static int scmi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 }
 
 static const struct scmi_desc scmi_generic_desc = {
-	.max_rx_timeout_ms = 30,	/* We may increase this if required */
+	.max_rx_timeout_ms = 1000,	/* We may increase this if required */
 	.max_msg = 20,		/* Limited by MBOX_TX_QUEUE_LEN */
 	.max_msg_size = 128,
 };