#include <linux/usb.h>
 
+#define SIMPLE_IO_TIMEOUT      10000   /* in milliseconds */
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
        int                     max = urb->transfer_buffer_length;
        struct completion       completion;
        int                     retval = 0;
+       unsigned long           expire;
 
        urb->context = &completion;
        while (retval == 0 && iterations-- > 0) {
                if (retval != 0)
                        break;
 
-               /* NOTE:  no timeouts; can't be broken out of by interrupt */
-               wait_for_completion(&completion);
-               retval = urb->status;
+               expire = msecs_to_jiffies(SIMPLE_IO_TIMEOUT);
+               if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&completion, expire)) {
+                       usb_kill_urb(urb);
+                       retval = (urb->status == -ENOENT ?
+                                 -ETIMEDOUT : urb->status);
+               } else {
+                       retval = urb->status;
+               }
+
                urb->dev = udev;
                if (retval == 0 && usb_pipein(urb->pipe))
                        retval = simple_check_buf(tdev, urb);