--- a/drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can_platform.c
@@ -76,19 +76,19 @@ static void c_can_hw_raminit_wait_syscon(const struct c_can_priv *priv,
 					 u32 mask, u32 val)
 {
 	const struct c_can_raminit *raminit = &priv->raminit_sys;
-	int timeout = 0;
+	unsigned long timeout;
 	u32 ctrl = 0;
 
 	/* We look only at the bits of our instance. */
 	val &= mask;
+	timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(10);
 	do {
 		udelay(1);
-		timeout++;
 
 		regmap_read(raminit->syscon, raminit->reg, &ctrl);
-		if (timeout == 1000) {
+		if (time_after(jiffies, timeout)) {
 			dev_err(&priv->dev->dev, "%s: time out\n", __func__);
 			break;
 		}
 	} while ((ctrl & mask) != val);
 }