if (dev->irq >= 0){
                /* Interrupt mode */
                ret = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(dev->wq,
-                       !(in_8(&iic->sts) & STS_PT), dev->adap.timeout * HZ);
+                       !(in_8(&iic->sts) & STS_PT), dev->adap.timeout);
 
                if (unlikely(ret < 0))
                        DBG("%d: wait interrupted\n", dev->idx);
        }
        else {
                /* Polling mode */
-               unsigned long x = jiffies + dev->adap.timeout * HZ;
+               unsigned long x = jiffies + dev->adap.timeout;
 
                while (in_8(&iic->sts) & STS_PT){
                        if (unlikely(time_after(jiffies, x))){
        i2c_set_adapdata(adap, dev);
        adap->class = I2C_CLASS_HWMON | I2C_CLASS_SPD;
        adap->algo = &iic_algo;
-       adap->timeout = 1;
+       adap->timeout = HZ;
 
        ret = i2c_add_adapter(adap);
        if (ret  < 0) {
 
        /*
         * Default values...should these come in from board code?
         */
-       new_adapter->timeout = 100;     
+       new_adapter->timeout = HZ;
        new_adapter->algo = &iop3xx_i2c_algo;
 
        init_waitqueue_head(&adapter_data->waitq);
 
        } else {
                /* Interrupt mode */
                result = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(i2c->queue,
-                       (i2c->interrupt & CSR_MIF), timeout * HZ);
+                       (i2c->interrupt & CSR_MIF), timeout);
 
                if (unlikely(result < 0)) {
                        pr_debug("I2C: wait interrupted\n");
        .owner = THIS_MODULE,
        .name = "MPC adapter",
        .algo = &mpc_algo,
-       .timeout = 1,
+       .timeout = HZ,
 };
 
 static int __devinit fsl_i2c_probe(struct of_device *op, const struct of_device_id *match)
 
        char            abort = 0;
 
        time_left = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(drv_data->waitq,
-               !drv_data->block, msecs_to_jiffies(drv_data->adapter.timeout));
+               !drv_data->block, drv_data->adapter.timeout);
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&drv_data->lock, flags);
        if (!time_left) { /* Timed out */
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drv_data->lock, flags);
 
                time_left = wait_event_timeout(drv_data->waitq,
-                       !drv_data->block,
-                       msecs_to_jiffies(drv_data->adapter.timeout));
+                       !drv_data->block, drv_data->adapter.timeout);
 
                if ((time_left <= 0) && drv_data->block) {
                        drv_data->state = MV64XXX_I2C_STATE_IDLE;
        drv_data->adapter.algo = &mv64xxx_i2c_algo;
        drv_data->adapter.owner = THIS_MODULE;
        drv_data->adapter.class = I2C_CLASS_HWMON | I2C_CLASS_SPD;
-       drv_data->adapter.timeout = pdata->timeout;
+       drv_data->adapter.timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(pdata->timeout);
        drv_data->adapter.nr = pd->id;
        platform_set_drvdata(pd, drv_data);
        i2c_set_adapdata(&drv_data->adapter, drv_data);