diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_controller.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_controller.c
index 2609e391ce54..9765652a73d7 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_controller.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_controller.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static int azx_get_sync_time(ktime_t *device,
 	u32 wallclk_ctr, wallclk_cycles;
 	bool direction;
 	u32 dma_select;
-	u32 timeout = 200;
+	u32 timeout;
 	u32 retry_count = 0;
 
 	runtime = substream->runtime;