diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
index f498c7730c5b..fe4ac40dbade 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static void poll_timeout(struct mlx5_cmd_work_ent *ent)
 			ent->ret = 0;
 			return;
 		}
-		usleep_range(5000, 10000);
+		cond_resched();
 	} while (time_before(jiffies, poll_end));
 
 	ent->ret = -ETIMEDOUT;