diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile
index 63032cd6efb17..a151575be51f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ mlx5_core-y :=	main.o cmd.o debugfs.o fw.o eq.o uar.o pagealloc.o \
 		fs_counters.o fs_ft_pool.o rl.o lag.o dev.o events.o wq.o lib/gid.o \
 		lib/devcom.o lib/pci_vsc.o lib/dm.o lib/fs_ttc.o diag/fs_tracepoint.o \
 		diag/fw_tracer.o diag/crdump.o devlink.o diag/rsc_dump.o \
-		fw_reset.o qos.o
+		fw_reset.o qos.o lib/tout.o
 
 #
 # Netdev basic
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
index 4dc3a822907a6..f71ec4d9d68e3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
 #include "mlx5_core.h"
 #include "lib/eq.h"
+#include "lib/tout.h"
 
 enum {
 	CMD_IF_REV = 5,
@@ -225,9 +226,13 @@ static void set_signature(struct mlx5_cmd_work_ent *ent, int csum)
 
 static void poll_timeout(struct mlx5_cmd_work_ent *ent)
 {
-	unsigned long poll_end = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(MLX5_CMD_TIMEOUT_MSEC + 1000);
+	struct mlx5_core_dev *dev = container_of(ent->cmd, struct mlx5_core_dev, cmd);
+	u64 cmd_to_ms = mlx5_tout_ms(dev, CMD);
+	unsigned long poll_end;
 	u8 own;
 
+	poll_end = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(cmd_to_ms + 1000);
+
 	do {
 		own = READ_ONCE(ent->lay->status_own);
 		if (!(own & CMD_OWNER_HW)) {
@@ -925,15 +930,18 @@ static void cmd_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct mlx5_cmd_work_ent *ent = container_of(work, struct mlx5_cmd_work_ent, work);
 	struct mlx5_cmd *cmd = ent->cmd;
-	struct mlx5_core_dev *dev = container_of(cmd, struct mlx5_core_dev, cmd);
-	unsigned long cb_timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(MLX5_CMD_TIMEOUT_MSEC);
+	bool poll_cmd = ent->polling;
 	struct mlx5_cmd_layout *lay;
+	struct mlx5_core_dev *dev;
+	unsigned long cb_timeout;
 	struct semaphore *sem;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	bool poll_cmd = ent->polling;
 	int alloc_ret;
 	int cmd_mode;
 
+	dev = container_of(cmd, struct mlx5_core_dev, cmd);
+	cb_timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(mlx5_tout_ms(dev, CMD));
+
 	complete(&ent->handling);
 	sem = ent->page_queue ? &cmd->pages_sem : &cmd->sem;
 	down(sem);
@@ -1073,7 +1081,7 @@ static void wait_func_handle_exec_timeout(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
 
 static int wait_func(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_cmd_work_ent *ent)
 {
-	unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(MLX5_CMD_TIMEOUT_MSEC);
+	unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(mlx5_tout_ms(dev, CMD));
 	struct mlx5_cmd *cmd = &dev->cmd;
 	int err;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/tout.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/tout.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ee266e0d122a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/tout.c
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB
+/* Copyright (c) 2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved. */
+
+#include <linux/mlx5/driver.h>
+#include "lib/tout.h"
+
+struct mlx5_timeouts {
+	u64 to[MAX_TIMEOUT_TYPES];
+};
+
+static const u32 tout_def_sw_val[MAX_TIMEOUT_TYPES] = {
+	[MLX5_TO_FW_PRE_INIT_TIMEOUT_MS] = 120000,
+	[MLX5_TO_FW_PRE_INIT_WARN_MESSAGE_INTERVAL_MS] = 20000,
+	[MLX5_TO_FW_PRE_INIT_WAIT_MS] = 2,
+	[MLX5_TO_FW_INIT_MS] = 2000,
+	[MLX5_TO_CMD_MS] = 60000
+};
+
+static void tout_set(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u64 val, enum mlx5_timeouts_types type)
+{
+	dev->timeouts->to[type] = val;
+}
+
+static void tout_set_def_val(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = MLX5_TO_FW_PRE_INIT_TIMEOUT_MS; i < MAX_TIMEOUT_TYPES; i++)
+		tout_set(dev, tout_def_sw_val[i], i);
+}
+
+int mlx5_tout_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
+{
+	dev->timeouts = kmalloc(sizeof(*dev->timeouts), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dev->timeouts)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	tout_set_def_val(dev);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void mlx5_tout_cleanup(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
+{
+	kfree(dev->timeouts);
+}
+
+/* Time register consists of two fields to_multiplier(time out multiplier)
+ * and to_value(time out value). to_value is the quantity of the time units and
+ * to_multiplier is the type and should be one off these four values.
+ * 0x0: millisecond
+ * 0x1: seconds
+ * 0x2: minutes
+ * 0x3: hours
+ * this function converts the time stored in the two register fields into
+ * millisecond.
+ */
+static u64 tout_convert_reg_field_to_ms(u32 to_mul, u32 to_val)
+{
+	u64 msec = to_val;
+
+	to_mul &= 0x3;
+	/* convert hours/minutes/seconds to miliseconds */
+	if (to_mul)
+		msec *= 1000 * int_pow(60, to_mul - 1);
+
+	return msec;
+}
+
+static u64 tout_convert_iseg_to_ms(u32 iseg_to)
+{
+	return tout_convert_reg_field_to_ms(iseg_to >> 29, iseg_to & 0xfffff);
+}
+
+static bool tout_is_supported(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
+{
+	return !!ioread32be(&dev->iseg->cmd_q_init_to);
+}
+
+void mlx5_tout_query_iseg(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
+{
+	u32 to;
+
+	if (!tout_is_supported(dev))
+		return;
+
+	to = ioread32be(&dev->iseg->cmd_q_init_to);
+	tout_set(dev, tout_convert_iseg_to_ms(to), MLX5_TO_FW_INIT_MS);
+
+	to = ioread32be(&dev->iseg->cmd_exec_to);
+	tout_set(dev, tout_convert_iseg_to_ms(to), MLX5_TO_CMD_MS);
+}
+
+u64 _mlx5_tout_ms(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, enum mlx5_timeouts_types type)
+{
+	return dev->timeouts->to[type];
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/tout.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/tout.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7e6fc61c5b459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/tout.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB */
+/* Copyright (c) 2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved. */
+
+#ifndef MLX5_TIMEOUTS_H
+#define MLX5_TIMEOUTS_H
+
+enum mlx5_timeouts_types {
+	/* pre init timeouts (not read from FW) */
+	MLX5_TO_FW_PRE_INIT_TIMEOUT_MS,
+	MLX5_TO_FW_PRE_INIT_WARN_MESSAGE_INTERVAL_MS,
+	MLX5_TO_FW_PRE_INIT_WAIT_MS,
+
+	/* init segment timeouts */
+	MLX5_TO_FW_INIT_MS,
+	MLX5_TO_CMD_MS,
+
+	MAX_TIMEOUT_TYPES
+};
+
+struct mlx5_core_dev;
+int mlx5_tout_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
+void mlx5_tout_cleanup(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
+void mlx5_tout_query_iseg(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
+u64 _mlx5_tout_ms(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, enum mlx5_timeouts_types type);
+
+#define mlx5_tout_ms(dev, type) _mlx5_tout_ms(dev, MLX5_TO_##type##_MS)
+
+# endif /* MLX5_TIMEOUTS_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index 65313448a47cc..b4893eac6ed63 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #include "devlink.h"
 #include "fw_reset.h"
 #include "lib/mlx5.h"
+#include "lib/tout.h"
 #include "fpga/core.h"
 #include "fpga/ipsec.h"
 #include "accel/ipsec.h"
@@ -176,11 +177,6 @@ static struct mlx5_profile profile[] = {
 	},
 };
 
-#define FW_INIT_TIMEOUT_MILI		2000
-#define FW_INIT_WAIT_MS			2
-#define FW_PRE_INIT_TIMEOUT_MILI	120000
-#define FW_INIT_WARN_MESSAGE_INTERVAL	20000
-
 static int fw_initializing(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 {
 	return ioread32be(&dev->iseg->initializing) >> 31;
@@ -193,8 +189,6 @@ static int wait_fw_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u32 max_wait_mili,
 	unsigned long end = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(max_wait_mili);
 	int err = 0;
 
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(FW_PRE_INIT_TIMEOUT_MILI < FW_INIT_WARN_MESSAGE_INTERVAL);
-
 	while (fw_initializing(dev)) {
 		if (time_after(jiffies, end)) {
 			err = -EBUSY;
@@ -205,7 +199,7 @@ static int wait_fw_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u32 max_wait_mili,
 				       jiffies_to_msecs(end - warn) / 1000);
 			warn = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(warn_time_mili);
 		}
-		msleep(FW_INIT_WAIT_MS);
+		msleep(mlx5_tout_ms(dev, FW_PRE_INIT_WAIT));
 	}
 
 	return err;
@@ -975,25 +969,34 @@ static int mlx5_function_setup(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, bool boot)
 	if (mlx5_core_is_pf(dev))
 		pcie_print_link_status(dev->pdev);
 
+	err = mlx5_tout_init(dev);
+	if (err) {
+		mlx5_core_err(dev, "Failed initializing timeouts, aborting\n");
+		return err;
+	}
+
 	/* wait for firmware to accept initialization segments configurations
 	 */
-	err = wait_fw_init(dev, FW_PRE_INIT_TIMEOUT_MILI, FW_INIT_WARN_MESSAGE_INTERVAL);
+	err = wait_fw_init(dev, mlx5_tout_ms(dev, FW_PRE_INIT_TIMEOUT),
+			   mlx5_tout_ms(dev, FW_PRE_INIT_WARN_MESSAGE_INTERVAL));
 	if (err) {
-		mlx5_core_err(dev, "Firmware over %d MS in pre-initializing state, aborting\n",
-			      FW_PRE_INIT_TIMEOUT_MILI);
-		return err;
+		mlx5_core_err(dev, "Firmware over %llu MS in pre-initializing state, aborting\n",
+			      mlx5_tout_ms(dev, FW_PRE_INIT_TIMEOUT));
+		goto err_tout_cleanup;
 	}
 
 	err = mlx5_cmd_init(dev);
 	if (err) {
 		mlx5_core_err(dev, "Failed initializing command interface, aborting\n");
-		return err;
+		goto err_tout_cleanup;
 	}
 
-	err = wait_fw_init(dev, FW_INIT_TIMEOUT_MILI, 0);
+	mlx5_tout_query_iseg(dev);
+
+	err = wait_fw_init(dev, mlx5_tout_ms(dev, FW_INIT), 0);
 	if (err) {
-		mlx5_core_err(dev, "Firmware over %d MS in initializing state, aborting\n",
-			      FW_INIT_TIMEOUT_MILI);
+		mlx5_core_err(dev, "Firmware over %llu MS in initializing state, aborting\n",
+			      mlx5_tout_ms(dev, FW_INIT));
 		goto err_cmd_cleanup;
 	}
 
@@ -1062,6 +1065,8 @@ static int mlx5_function_setup(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, bool boot)
 err_cmd_cleanup:
 	mlx5_cmd_set_state(dev, MLX5_CMDIF_STATE_DOWN);
 	mlx5_cmd_cleanup(dev);
+err_tout_cleanup:
+	mlx5_tout_cleanup(dev);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1080,6 +1085,7 @@ static int mlx5_function_teardown(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, bool boot)
 	mlx5_core_disable_hca(dev, 0);
 	mlx5_cmd_set_state(dev, MLX5_CMDIF_STATE_DOWN);
 	mlx5_cmd_cleanup(dev);
+	mlx5_tout_cleanup(dev);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
index ccbd87fbd3bf5..fb06e8870aee7 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@ enum {
 };
 
 enum {
-	/* one minute for the sake of bringup. Generally, commands must always
-	 * complete and we may need to increase this timeout value
-	 */
-	MLX5_CMD_TIMEOUT_MSEC	= 60 * 1000,
 	MLX5_CMD_WQ_MAX_NAME	= 32,
 };
 
@@ -755,6 +751,7 @@ struct mlx5_core_dev {
 		u32 qcam[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(qcam_reg)];
 		u8  embedded_cpu;
 	} caps;
+	struct mlx5_timeouts	*timeouts;
 	u64			sys_image_guid;
 	phys_addr_t		iseg_base;
 	struct mlx5_init_seg __iomem *iseg;