diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c b/fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c
index 9db802f9f857..48d020e1f663 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c
@@ -1645,8 +1645,10 @@ static struct smbd_connection *_smbd_get_connection(
 		goto rdma_connect_failed;
 	}
 
-	wait_event_interruptible(
-		info->conn_wait, sc->status != SMBDIRECT_SOCKET_CONNECTING);
+	wait_event_interruptible_timeout(
+		info->conn_wait,
+		sc->status != SMBDIRECT_SOCKET_CONNECTING,
+		msecs_to_jiffies(RDMA_RESOLVE_TIMEOUT));
 
 	if (sc->status != SMBDIRECT_SOCKET_CONNECTED) {
 		log_rdma_event(ERR, "rdma_connect failed port=%d\n", port);