diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
index 3625a05..e404464 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static const char *mrw_address_space[] =
  * Another popular OS uses 7 seconds as the hard timeout for default
  * commands, so it is a good choice for us as well.
  */
-#define CDROM_DEF_TIMEOUT	(7 * HZ)
+#define CDROM_DEF_TIMEOUT	(15 * HZ)
 
 /* Not-exported routines. */
 static int open_for_data(struct cdrom_device_info * cdi);