while (*wb_comp != DMAE_COMP_VAL) {
                DP(BNX2X_MSG_OFF, "wb_comp 0x%08x\n", *wb_comp);
 
-               /* adjust delay for emulation/FPGA */
-               if (CHIP_REV_IS_SLOW(bp))
-                       msleep(100);
-               else
-                       udelay(5);
-
                if (!cnt) {
                        BNX2X_ERR("dmae timeout!\n");
                        break;
                }
                cnt--;
+               /* adjust delay for emulation/FPGA */
+               if (CHIP_REV_IS_SLOW(bp))
+                       msleep(100);
+               else
+                       udelay(5);
        }
 
        mutex_unlock(&bp->dmae_mutex);
 
        while (*wb_comp != DMAE_COMP_VAL) {
 
-               /* adjust delay for emulation/FPGA */
-               if (CHIP_REV_IS_SLOW(bp))
-                       msleep(100);
-               else
-                       udelay(5);
-
                if (!cnt) {
                        BNX2X_ERR("dmae timeout!\n");
                        break;
                }
                cnt--;
+               /* adjust delay for emulation/FPGA */
+               if (CHIP_REV_IS_SLOW(bp))
+                       msleep(100);
+               else
+                       udelay(5);
        }
        DP(BNX2X_MSG_OFF, "data [0x%08x 0x%08x 0x%08x 0x%08x]\n",
           bp->slowpath->wb_data[0], bp->slowpath->wb_data[1],
 
        might_sleep();
        while (*stats_comp != DMAE_COMP_VAL) {
-               msleep(1);
                if (!cnt) {
                        BNX2X_ERR("timeout waiting for stats finished\n");
                        break;
                }
                cnt--;
+               msleep(1);
        }
        return 1;
 }
           so there is not much to do if this times out
         */
        while (dsb_sp_prod_idx == *bp->dsb_sp_prod) {
-               msleep(1);
                if (!cnt) {
                        DP(NETIF_MSG_IFDOWN, "timeout waiting for port del "
                           "dsb_sp_prod 0x%x != dsb_sp_prod_idx 0x%x\n",