diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
index 36f17d0c7a2e..9ce04a8c0d0f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
@@ -3021,7 +3021,7 @@ static int iavf_close(struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	status = wait_event_timeout(adapter->down_waitqueue,
 				    adapter->state == __IAVF_DOWN,
-				    msecs_to_jiffies(200));
+				    msecs_to_jiffies(500));
 	if (!status)
 		netdev_warn(netdev, "Device resources not yet released\n");
 	return 0;