diff --git a/fs/cifs/transport.c b/fs/cifs/transport.c
index 15059c7ef2a..c41c9c4f0a7 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/transport.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/transport.c
@@ -318,48 +318,17 @@ static int allocate_mid(struct cifsSesInfo *ses, struct smb_hdr *in_buf,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int wait_for_response(struct cifsSesInfo *ses,
-			struct mid_q_entry *midQ,
-			unsigned long timeout,
-			unsigned long time_to_wait)
+static int
+wait_for_response(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *midQ)
 {
-	unsigned long curr_timeout;
+	int error;
 
-	for (;;) {
-		curr_timeout = timeout + jiffies;
-		wait_event_timeout(ses->server->response_q,
-			midQ->midState != MID_REQUEST_SUBMITTED, timeout);
+	error = wait_event_killable(server->response_q,
+				    midQ->midState != MID_REQUEST_SUBMITTED);
+	if (error < 0)
+		return -ERESTARTSYS;
 
-		if (time_after(jiffies, curr_timeout) &&
-			(midQ->midState == MID_REQUEST_SUBMITTED) &&
-			((ses->server->tcpStatus == CifsGood) ||
-			 (ses->server->tcpStatus == CifsNew))) {
-
-			unsigned long lrt;
-
-			/* We timed out. Is the server still
-			   sending replies ? */
-			spin_lock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
-			lrt = ses->server->lstrp;
-			spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
-
-			/* Calculate time_to_wait past last receive time.
-			 Although we prefer not to time out if the
-			 server is still responding - we will time
-			 out if the server takes more than 15 (or 45
-			 or 180) seconds to respond to this request
-			 and has not responded to any request from
-			 other threads on the client within 10 seconds */
-			lrt += time_to_wait;
-			if (time_after(jiffies, lrt)) {
-				/* No replies for time_to_wait. */
-				cERROR(1, "server not responding");
-				return -1;
-			}
-		} else {
-			return 0;
-		}
-	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -433,7 +402,6 @@ SendReceive2(const unsigned int xid, struct cifsSesInfo *ses,
 	int rc = 0;
 	int long_op;
 	unsigned int receive_len;
-	unsigned long timeout;
 	struct mid_q_entry *midQ;
 	struct smb_hdr *in_buf = iov[0].iov_base;
 
@@ -500,33 +468,12 @@ SendReceive2(const unsigned int xid, struct cifsSesInfo *ses,
 	if (rc < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (long_op == CIFS_STD_OP)
-		timeout = 15 * HZ;
-	else if (long_op == CIFS_VLONG_OP) /* e.g. slow writes past EOF */
-		timeout = 180 * HZ;
-	else if (long_op == CIFS_LONG_OP)
-		timeout = 45 * HZ; /* should be greater than
-			servers oplock break timeout (about 43 seconds) */
-	else if (long_op == CIFS_ASYNC_OP)
+	if (long_op == CIFS_ASYNC_OP)
 		goto out;
-	else if (long_op == CIFS_BLOCKING_OP)
-		timeout = 0x7FFFFFFF; /*  large, but not so large as to wrap */
-	else {
-		cERROR(1, "unknown timeout flag %d", long_op);
-		rc = -EIO;
+
+	rc = wait_for_response(ses->server, midQ);
+	if (rc != 0)
 		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/* wait for 15 seconds or until woken up due to response arriving or
-	   due to last connection to this server being unmounted */
-	if (signal_pending(current)) {
-		/* if signal pending do not hold up user for full smb timeout
-		but we still give response a chance to complete */
-		timeout = 2 * HZ;
-	}
-
-	/* No user interrupts in wait - wreaks havoc with performance */
-	wait_for_response(ses, midQ, timeout, 10 * HZ);
 
 	rc = sync_mid_result(midQ, ses->server);
 	if (rc != 0) {
@@ -604,7 +551,6 @@ SendReceive(const unsigned int xid, struct cifsSesInfo *ses,
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 	unsigned int receive_len;
-	unsigned long timeout;
 	struct mid_q_entry *midQ;
 
 	if (ses == NULL) {
@@ -668,33 +614,12 @@ SendReceive(const unsigned int xid, struct cifsSesInfo *ses,
 	if (rc < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (long_op == CIFS_STD_OP)
-		timeout = 15 * HZ;
-	/* wait for 15 seconds or until woken up due to response arriving or
-	   due to last connection to this server being unmounted */
-	else if (long_op == CIFS_ASYNC_OP)
+	if (long_op == CIFS_ASYNC_OP)
 		goto out;
-	else if (long_op == CIFS_VLONG_OP) /* writes past EOF can be slow */
-		timeout = 180 * HZ;
-	else if (long_op == CIFS_LONG_OP)
-		timeout = 45 * HZ; /* should be greater than
-			servers oplock break timeout (about 43 seconds) */
-	else if (long_op == CIFS_BLOCKING_OP)
-		timeout = 0x7FFFFFFF; /* large but no so large as to wrap */
-	else {
-		cERROR(1, "unknown timeout flag %d", long_op);
-		rc = -EIO;
+
+	rc = wait_for_response(ses->server, midQ);
+	if (rc != 0)
 		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (signal_pending(current)) {
-		/* if signal pending do not hold up user for full smb timeout
-		but we still give response a chance to complete */
-		timeout = 2 * HZ;
-	}
-
-	/* No user interrupts in wait - wreaks havoc with performance */
-	wait_for_response(ses, midQ, timeout, 10 * HZ);
 
 	rc = sync_mid_result(midQ, ses->server);
 	if (rc != 0) {
@@ -915,8 +840,7 @@ SendReceiveBlockingLock(const unsigned int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
 			}
 		}
 
-		/* Wait 5 seconds for the response. */
-		if (wait_for_response(ses, midQ, 5 * HZ, 5 * HZ) == 0) {
+		if (wait_for_response(ses->server, midQ) == 0) {
 			/* We got the response - restart system call. */
 			rstart = 1;
 		}