{
        struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *desc = req->rq_bulk;
        wait_queue_head_t *wq;
-       struct l_wait_info lwi;
        int rc;
 
        LASSERT(!in_interrupt());     /* might sleep */
 
        /* the unlink ensures the callback happens ASAP and is the last
         * one.  If it fails, it must be because completion just happened,
-        * but we must still l_wait_event() in this case to give liblustre
+        * but we must still wait_event() in this case to give liblustre
         * a chance to run client_bulk_callback()
         */
        mdunlink_iterate_helper(desc->bd_mds, desc->bd_md_max_brw);
                /* Network access will complete in finite time but the HUGE
                 * timeout lets us CWARN for visibility of sluggish LNDs
                 */
-               lwi = LWI_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL(LONG_UNLINK * HZ,
-                                          HZ, NULL, NULL);
-               rc = l_wait_event(*wq, !ptlrpc_client_bulk_active(req), &lwi);
-               if (rc == 0) {
+               int cnt = 0;
+               while (cnt < LONG_UNLINK &&
+                      (rc = wait_event_idle_timeout(*wq,
+                                                    !ptlrpc_client_bulk_active(req),
+                                                    HZ)) == 0)
+                       cnt += 1;
+               if (rc > 0) {
                        ptlrpc_rqphase_move(req, req->rq_next_phase);
                        return 1;
                }
 
-               LASSERT(rc == -ETIMEDOUT);
                DEBUG_REQ(D_WARNING, req, "Unexpectedly long timeout: desc %p",
                          desc);
        }