diff --git a/block/bsg.c b/block/bsg.c
index e8bd2475682a..e73e50daf3d0 100644
--- a/block/bsg.c
+++ b/block/bsg.c
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ static int blk_fill_sgv4_hdr_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 		rq->timeout = q->sg_timeout;
 	if (!rq->timeout)
 		rq->timeout = BLK_DEFAULT_SG_TIMEOUT;
+	if (rq->timeout < BLK_MIN_SG_TIMEOUT)
+		rq->timeout = BLK_MIN_SG_TIMEOUT;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/block/scsi_ioctl.c b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
index 5963cf91a3a0..d0bb92cbefb9 100644
--- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ static int blk_fill_sghdr_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 		rq->timeout = q->sg_timeout;
 	if (!rq->timeout)
 		rq->timeout = BLK_DEFAULT_SG_TIMEOUT;
+	if (rq->timeout < BLK_MIN_SG_TIMEOUT)
+		rq->timeout = BLK_MIN_SG_TIMEOUT;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 6dcd30d806cd..031a315c0509 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ extern unsigned long blk_max_low_pfn, blk_max_pfn;
  * default timeout for SG_IO if none specified
  */
 #define BLK_DEFAULT_SG_TIMEOUT	(60 * HZ)
+#define BLK_MIN_SG_TIMEOUT	(7 * HZ)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BOUNCE
 extern int init_emergency_isa_pool(void);