int rc;
        unsigned long flags;
        struct qeth_reply *reply = NULL;
-       unsigned long timeout;
+       unsigned long timeout, event_timeout;
        struct qeth_ipa_cmd *cmd;
 
        QETH_DBF_TEXT(TRACE, 2, "sendctl");
        qeth_prepare_control_data(card, len, iob);
 
        if (IS_IPA(iob->data))
-               timeout = jiffies + QETH_IPA_TIMEOUT;
+               event_timeout = QETH_IPA_TIMEOUT;
        else
-               timeout = jiffies + QETH_TIMEOUT;
+               event_timeout = QETH_TIMEOUT;
+       timeout = jiffies + event_timeout;
 
        QETH_DBF_TEXT(TRACE, 6, "noirqpnd");
        spin_lock_irqsave(get_ccwdev_lock(card->write.ccwdev), flags);
        if ((cmd->hdr.command == IPA_CMD_SETIP) &&
            (cmd->hdr.prot_version == QETH_PROT_IPV4)) {
                if (!wait_event_timeout(reply->wait_q,
-                   atomic_read(&reply->received), timeout))
+                   atomic_read(&reply->received), event_timeout))
                        goto time_err;
        } else {
                while (!atomic_read(&reply->received)) {