int address_high;
        int generation;
 
-       /* Timer for flushing ORBs. */
-       struct timer_list orb_timer;
-
        int retries;
        struct delayed_work work;
        struct Scsi_Host *scsi_host;
        list_add_tail(&orb->link, &sd->orb_list);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&device->card->lock, flags);
 
-       mod_timer(&sd->orb_timer,
-                 jiffies + DIV_ROUND_UP(SBP2_ORB_TIMEOUT * HZ, 1000));
-
        fw_send_request(device->card, &orb->t, TCODE_WRITE_BLOCK_REQUEST,
                        node_id, generation,
                        device->node->max_speed, offset,
                        complete_transaction, orb);
 }
 
-static void sbp2_cancel_orbs(struct fw_unit *unit)
+static int sbp2_cancel_orbs(struct fw_unit *unit)
 {
        struct fw_device *device = fw_device(unit->device.parent);
        struct sbp2_device *sd = unit->device.driver_data;
        struct sbp2_orb *orb, *next;
        struct list_head list;
        unsigned long flags;
+       int retval = -ENOENT;
 
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&list);
        spin_lock_irqsave(&device->card->lock, flags);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&device->card->lock, flags);
 
        list_for_each_entry_safe(orb, next, &list, link) {
+               retval = 0;
                if (fw_cancel_transaction(device->card, &orb->t) == 0)
                        continue;
 
                orb->rcode = RCODE_CANCELLED;
                orb->callback(orb, NULL);
        }
-}
 
-static void orb_timer_callback(unsigned long data)
-{
-       struct sbp2_device *sd = (struct sbp2_device *)data;
-
-       sbp2_cancel_orbs(sd->unit);
+       return retval;
 }
 
 static void
 
        init_completion(&orb->done);
        orb->base.callback = complete_management_orb;
+
        sbp2_send_orb(&orb->base, unit,
                      node_id, generation, sd->management_agent_address);
 
-       wait_for_completion(&orb->done);
+       wait_for_completion_timeout(&orb->done,
+                                   msecs_to_jiffies(SBP2_ORB_TIMEOUT));
 
        retval = -EIO;
-       if (orb->base.rcode != RCODE_COMPLETE) {
-               fw_error("management write failed, rcode 0x%02x\n",
+       if (sbp2_cancel_orbs(unit) == 0) {
+               fw_error("orb reply timed out, rcode=0x%02x\n",
                         orb->base.rcode);
                goto out;
        }
 
-       if (orb->base.rcode == RCODE_CANCELLED) {
-               fw_error("orb reply timed out, rcode=0x%02x\n",
+       if (orb->base.rcode != RCODE_COMPLETE) {
+               fw_error("management write failed, rcode 0x%02x\n",
                         orb->base.rcode);
                goto out;
        }
        unit->device.driver_data = sd;
        sd->unit = unit;
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->orb_list);
-       setup_timer(&sd->orb_timer, orb_timer_callback, (unsigned long)sd);
 
        sd->address_handler.length = 0x100;
        sd->address_handler.address_callback = sbp2_status_write;
                                 SBP2_LOGOUT_REQUEST, sd->login_id, NULL);
 
        remove_scsi_devices(unit);
-       del_timer_sync(&sd->orb_timer);
 
        fw_core_remove_address_handler(&sd->address_handler);
        kfree(sd);