#include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/ktime.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/irqreturn.h>
  *
  * Polls for HICR_HOST_ALIVENESS_RESP.ALIVENESS_RESP to be set
  *
- * Return: > 0 if the expected value was received, -ETIME otherwise
+ * Return: 0 if the expected value was received, -ETIME otherwise
  */
 static int mei_txe_aliveness_poll(struct mei_device *dev, u32 expected)
 {
        struct mei_txe_hw *hw = to_txe_hw(dev);
-       int t = 0;
+       ktime_t stop, start;
 
+       start = ktime_get();
+       stop = ktime_add(start, ms_to_ktime(SEC_ALIVENESS_WAIT_TIMEOUT));
        do {
                hw->aliveness = mei_txe_aliveness_get(dev);
                if (hw->aliveness == expected) {
                        dev->pg_event = MEI_PG_EVENT_IDLE;
-                       dev_dbg(dev->dev,
-                               "aliveness settled after %d msecs\n", t);
-                       return t;
+                       dev_dbg(dev->dev, "aliveness settled after %lld usecs\n",
+                               ktime_to_us(ktime_sub(ktime_get(), start)));
+                       return 0;
                }
-               mutex_unlock(&dev->device_lock);
-               msleep(MSEC_PER_SEC / 5);
-               mutex_lock(&dev->device_lock);
-               t += MSEC_PER_SEC / 5;
-       } while (t < SEC_ALIVENESS_WAIT_TIMEOUT);
+               usleep_range(20, 50);
+       } while (ktime_before(ktime_get(), stop));
 
        dev->pg_event = MEI_PG_EVENT_IDLE;
        dev_err(dev->dev, "aliveness timed out\n");