diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
index 37b8be7cba95f61a8f8788fda52cd8ecd3291c42..f335fcee09af2bdc0c3233b96e8ec6d6ca787e04 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
@@ -1156,10 +1156,11 @@ static int wdog_reboot_handler(struct notifier_block *this,
 			ipmi_watchdog_state = WDOG_TIMEOUT_NONE;
 			ipmi_set_timeout(IPMI_SET_TIMEOUT_NO_HB);
 		} else if (ipmi_watchdog_state != WDOG_TIMEOUT_NONE) {
-			/* Set a long timer to let the reboot happens, but
-			   reboot if it hangs, but only if the watchdog
+			/* Set a long timer to let the reboot happen or
+			   reset if it hangs, but only if the watchdog
 			   timer was already running. */
-			timeout = 120;
+			if (timeout < 120)
+				timeout = 120;
 			pretimeout = 0;
 			ipmi_watchdog_state = WDOG_TIMEOUT_RESET;
 			ipmi_set_timeout(IPMI_SET_TIMEOUT_NO_HB);