diff --git a/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c b/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
index b51ea7f03b..f312ddeb29 100644
--- a/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
+++ b/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@
 /* Worst case time required for trigger the frame after the EPT wait */
 #define EPT_BACKOFF_THRESHOLD	(3 * NSEC_PER_MSEC)
 
+#define MAX_EPT_TIMEOUT_US	(10 * USEC_PER_SEC)
+
 #define IS_ROI_UPDATED(a, b) (a.x1 != b.x1 || a.x2 != b.x2 || \
 			a.y1 != b.y1 || a.y2 != b.y2)
 
@@ -5261,8 +5263,8 @@ void _sde_encoder_delay_kickoff_processing(struct sde_encoder_virt *sde_enc)
 	}
 
 	timeout_us = DIV_ROUND_UP((ept_ts - current_ts), 1000);
-	/* validate timeout is not beyond the min fps */
-	if (timeout_us > DIV_ROUND_UP(USEC_PER_SEC, min_fps)) {
+	/* validate timeout is not beyond 10 seconds */
+	if (timeout_us > MAX_EPT_TIMEOUT_US) {
 		pr_err_ratelimited(
 		"enc:%d, invalid timeout_us:%llu; ept:%llu, ept_ts:%llu, cur_ts:%llu min_fps:%d, fps:%d, qsync_mode:%d, avr_step_fps:%d\n",
 			DRMID(&sde_enc->base), timeout_us, ept, ept_ts, current_ts,