__le16 reg;
        rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff(rt2x00dev, USB_MULTI_READ,
                                      USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_IN, offset,
-                                     ®, sizeof(reg), REGISTER_TIMEOUT);
+                                     ®, sizeof(reg));
        *value = le16_to_cpu(reg);
 }
 
 {
        rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff(rt2x00dev, USB_MULTI_READ,
                                      USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_IN, offset,
-                                     value, length,
-                                     REGISTER_TIMEOUT16(length));
+                                     value, length);
 }
 
 static inline void rt2500usb_register_write(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
        __le16 reg = cpu_to_le16(value);
        rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff(rt2x00dev, USB_MULTI_WRITE,
                                      USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_OUT, offset,
-                                     ®, sizeof(reg), REGISTER_TIMEOUT);
+                                     ®, sizeof(reg));
 }
 
 static inline void rt2500usb_register_write_lock(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 {
        rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff(rt2x00dev, USB_MULTI_WRITE,
                                      USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_OUT, offset,
-                                     value, length,
-                                     REGISTER_TIMEOUT16(length));
+                                     value, length);
 }
 
 static int rt2500usb_regbusy_read(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 
 })
 
 /*
- * For USB vendor requests we need to pass a timeout
- * time in ms, for this we use the REGISTER_TIMEOUT,
- * however when loading firmware a higher value is
- * required. In that case we use the REGISTER_TIMEOUT_FIRMWARE.
+ * For USB vendor requests we need to pass a timeout time in ms, for this we
+ * use the REGISTER_TIMEOUT, however when loading firmware or read EEPROM
+ * a higher value is required. In that case we use the REGISTER_TIMEOUT_FIRMWARE
+ * and EEPROM_TIMEOUT.
  */
 #define REGISTER_TIMEOUT               500
 #define REGISTER_TIMEOUT_FIRMWARE      1000
-
-/**
- * REGISTER_TIMEOUT16 - Determine the timeout for 16bit register access
- * @__datalen: Data length
- */
-#define REGISTER_TIMEOUT16(__datalen)  \
-       ( REGISTER_TIMEOUT * ((__datalen) / sizeof(u16)) )
-
-/**
- * REGISTER_TIMEOUT32 - Determine the timeout for 32bit register access
- * @__datalen: Data length
- */
-#define REGISTER_TIMEOUT32(__datalen)  \
-       ( REGISTER_TIMEOUT * ((__datalen) / sizeof(u32)) )
+#define EEPROM_TIMEOUT                 2000
 
 /*
  * Cache size
  * @offset: Register offset to perform action on
  * @buffer: Buffer where information will be read/written to by device
  * @buffer_length: Size of &buffer
- * @timeout: Operation timeout
  *
  * This function will use a previously with kmalloc allocated cache
  * to communicate with the device. The contents of the buffer pointer
 int rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
                                  const u8 request, const u8 requesttype,
                                  const u16 offset, void *buffer,
-                                 const u16 buffer_length, const int timeout);
+                                 const u16 buffer_length);
 
 /**
  * rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff - Send register command to device (buffered)
 {
        return rt2x00usb_vendor_request(rt2x00dev, USB_EEPROM_READ,
                                        USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_IN, 0, 0,
-                                       eeprom, length,
-                                       REGISTER_TIMEOUT16(length));
+                                       eeprom, length, EEPROM_TIMEOUT);
 }
 
 /**
        __le32 reg;
        rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff(rt2x00dev, USB_MULTI_READ,
                                      USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_IN, offset,
-                                     ®, sizeof(reg), REGISTER_TIMEOUT);
+                                     ®, sizeof(reg));
        *value = le32_to_cpu(reg);
 }
 
 {
        rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff(rt2x00dev, USB_MULTI_READ,
                                      USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_IN, offset,
-                                     value, length,
-                                     REGISTER_TIMEOUT32(length));
+                                     value, length);
 }
 
 /**
        __le32 reg = cpu_to_le32(value);
        rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff(rt2x00dev, USB_MULTI_WRITE,
                                      USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_OUT, offset,
-                                     ®, sizeof(reg), REGISTER_TIMEOUT);
+                                     ®, sizeof(reg));
 }
 
 /**
 {
        rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff(rt2x00dev, USB_MULTI_WRITE,
                                      USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_OUT, offset,
-                                     (void *)value, length,
-                                     REGISTER_TIMEOUT32(length));
+                                     (void *)value, length);
 }
 
 /**