diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-eg20t.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-eg20t.c
index f086131cb1c7..4a46c8b18188 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-eg20t.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-eg20t.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static s32 pch_i2c_wait_for_xfer_complete(struct i2c_algo_pch_data *adap)
 {
 	long ret;
 	ret = wait_event_timeout(pch_event,
-			(adap->pch_event_flag != 0), msecs_to_jiffies(50));
+			(adap->pch_event_flag != 0), msecs_to_jiffies(1000));
 
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		pch_err(adap, "timeout: %x\n", adap->pch_event_flag);