diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
index 137e963cd51d..865fe310cab4 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
@@ -290,12 +290,7 @@ static int pblk_recov_pad_line(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 
 fail_complete:
 	kref_put(&pad_rq->ref, pblk_recov_complete);
-
-	if (!wait_for_completion_io_timeout(&pad_rq->wait,
-				msecs_to_jiffies(PBLK_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS))) {
-		pblk_err(pblk, "pad write timed out\n");
-		ret = -ETIME;
-	}
+	wait_for_completion(&pad_rq->wait);
 
 	if (!pblk_line_is_full(line))
 		pblk_err(pblk, "corrupted padded line: %d\n", line->id);
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
index 381f0746a9cf..90c703d3f84c 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@
 
 #define PBLK_CACHE_NAME_LEN (DISK_NAME_LEN + 16)
 
-#define PBLK_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS 30000
-
 /* Max 512 LUNs per device */
 #define PBLK_MAX_LUNS_BITMAP (4)