diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/qmi_interface.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/qmi_interface.c
index 282364779894..810bd1246673 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/qmi_interface.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/qmi_interface.c
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ static void qmi_handle_net_reset(struct qmi_handle *qmi)
 	struct sockaddr_qrtr sq;
 	struct qmi_service *svc;
 	struct socket *sock;
+	long timeo = qmi->sock->sk->sk_sndtimeo;
 
 	sock = qmi_sock_create(qmi, &sq);
 	if (IS_ERR(sock))
@@ -467,6 +468,7 @@ static void qmi_handle_net_reset(struct qmi_handle *qmi)
 	sock_release(qmi->sock);
 	qmi->sock = sock;
 	qmi->sq = sq;
+	qmi->sock->sk->sk_sndtimeo = timeo;
 	mutex_unlock(&qmi->sock_lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(svc, &qmi->lookups, list_node)
@@ -620,6 +622,21 @@ static struct socket *qmi_sock_create(struct qmi_handle *qmi,
 	return sock;
 }
 
+/**
+ * qmi_set_sndtimeo() - set the sk_sndtimeo of the qmi handle
+ * @qmi:	QMI client handle
+ * @timeo:	timeout in jiffies.
+ *
+ * This sets the timeout for the blocking socket send in qmi send.
+ */
+void qmi_set_sndtimeo(struct qmi_handle *qmi, long timeo)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&qmi->sock_lock);
+	qmi->sock->sk->sk_sndtimeo = timeo;
+	mutex_unlock(&qmi->sock_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(qmi_set_sndtimeo);
+
 /**
  * qmi_handle_init() - initialize a QMI client handle
  * @qmi:	QMI handle to initialize
diff --git a/include/linux/soc/qcom/qmi.h b/include/linux/soc/qcom/qmi.h
index 011174c6937f..1a8c91482460 100644
--- a/include/linux/soc/qcom/qmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/soc/qcom/qmi.h
@@ -268,5 +268,6 @@ int qmi_txn_init(struct qmi_handle *qmi, struct qmi_txn *txn,
 		 struct qmi_elem_info *ei, void *c_struct);
 int qmi_txn_wait(struct qmi_txn *txn, unsigned long timeout);
 void qmi_txn_cancel(struct qmi_txn *txn);
+void qmi_set_sndtimeo(struct qmi_handle *qmi, long timeo);
 
 #endif