diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_lib.c b/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
index 02fd65993e7e..af1eb136feb0 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
@@ -1878,15 +1878,14 @@ static int wait_for_avail(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 		if (substream->wait_time) {
 			wait_time = substream->wait_time;
 		} else {
-			wait_time = 10;
+			wait_time = 100;
 
 			if (runtime->rate) {
-				long t = runtime->period_size * 2 /
-					 runtime->rate;
+				long t = runtime->buffer_size * 1100 / runtime->rate;
 				wait_time = max(t, wait_time);
 			}
-			wait_time = msecs_to_jiffies(wait_time * 1000);
 		}
+		wait_time = msecs_to_jiffies(wait_time);
 	}
 
 	for (;;) {
@@ -1934,8 +1933,8 @@ static int wait_for_avail(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 		}
 		if (!tout) {
 			pcm_dbg(substream->pcm,
-				"%s write error (DMA or IRQ trouble?)\n",
-				is_playback ? "playback" : "capture");
+				"%s timeout (DMA or IRQ trouble?)\n",
+				is_playback ? "playback write" : "capture read");
 			err = -EIO;
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
index 331380c2438b..94185267a7b9 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -2159,12 +2159,12 @@ static int snd_pcm_drain(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 		if (runtime->no_period_wakeup)
 			tout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
 		else {
-			tout = 10;
+			tout = 100;
 			if (runtime->rate) {
-				long t = runtime->period_size * 2 / runtime->rate;
+				long t = runtime->buffer_size * 1100 / runtime->rate;
 				tout = max(t, tout);
 			}
-			tout = msecs_to_jiffies(tout * 1000);
+			tout = msecs_to_jiffies(tout);
 		}
 		tout = schedule_timeout(tout);
 
@@ -2187,7 +2187,7 @@ static int snd_pcm_drain(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 				result = -ESTRPIPE;
 			else {
 				dev_dbg(substream->pcm->card->dev,
-					"playback drain error (DMA or IRQ trouble?)\n");
+					"playback drain timeout (DMA or IRQ trouble?)\n");
 				snd_pcm_stop(substream, SNDRV_PCM_STATE_SETUP);
 				result = -EIO;
 			}