diff --git a/lib/maca.c b/lib/maca.c
index 9740b3778..c2050f6e2 100644
--- a/lib/maca.c
+++ b/lib/maca.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 #define CLK_PER_BYTE 8 
 
 #ifndef RECV_SOFTIMEOUT
-#define RECV_SOFTIMEOUT (32*128*CLK_PER_BYTE) 
+#define RECV_SOFTIMEOUT (1024*128*CLK_PER_BYTE) 
 #endif
 
 #ifndef CPL_TIMEOUT