diff --git a/ports/stm32/sdcard.c b/ports/stm32/sdcard.c
index eef6548ddf4e..706d6315c44d 100644
--- a/ports/stm32/sdcard.c
+++ b/ports/stm32/sdcard.c
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@
 
 static uint8_t pyb_sdmmc_flags;
 
+#define TIMEOUT_MS 30000
+
 // TODO: I think that as an optimization, we can allocate these dynamically
 //       if an sd card is detected. This will save approx 260 bytes of RAM
 //       when no sdcard was being used.
@@ -441,7 +443,7 @@ static void sdcard_reset_periph(void) {
     SDIO->ICR = SDMMC_STATIC_FLAGS;
 }
 
-static HAL_StatusTypeDef sdcard_wait_finished(uint32_t timeout) {
+static HAL_StatusTypeDef sdcard_wait_finished(void) {
     // Wait for HAL driver to be ready (eg for DMA to finish)
     uint32_t start = HAL_GetTick();
     for (;;) {
@@ -463,7 +465,7 @@ static HAL_StatusTypeDef sdcard_wait_finished(uint32_t timeout) {
         }
         __WFI();
         enable_irq(irq_state);
-        if (HAL_GetTick() - start >= timeout) {
+        if (HAL_GetTick() - start >= TIMEOUT_MS) {
             return HAL_TIMEOUT;
         }
     }
@@ -490,7 +492,7 @@ static HAL_StatusTypeDef sdcard_wait_finished(uint32_t timeout) {
         if (!(state == HAL_SD_CARD_SENDING || state == HAL_SD_CARD_RECEIVING || state == HAL_SD_CARD_PROGRAMMING)) {
             return HAL_ERROR;
         }
-        if (HAL_GetTick() - start >= timeout) {
+        if (HAL_GetTick() - start >= TIMEOUT_MS) {
             return HAL_TIMEOUT;
         }
         __WFI();
@@ -569,7 +571,7 @@ mp_uint_t sdcard_read_blocks(uint8_t *dest, uint32_t block_num, uint32_t num_blo
             err = HAL_SD_ReadBlocks_DMA(&sdmmc_handle.sd, dest, block_num, num_blocks);
         }
         if (err == HAL_OK) {
-            err = sdcard_wait_finished(60000);
+            err = sdcard_wait_finished();
         }
 
         #if SDIO_USE_GPDMA
@@ -588,14 +590,14 @@ mp_uint_t sdcard_read_blocks(uint8_t *dest, uint32_t block_num, uint32_t num_blo
     } else {
         #if MICROPY_HW_ENABLE_MMCARD
         if (pyb_sdmmc_flags & PYB_SDMMC_FLAG_MMC) {
-            err = HAL_MMC_ReadBlocks(&sdmmc_handle.mmc, dest, block_num, num_blocks, 60000);
+            err = HAL_MMC_ReadBlocks(&sdmmc_handle.mmc, dest, block_num, num_blocks, TIMEOUT_MS);
         } else
         #endif
         {
-            err = HAL_SD_ReadBlocks(&sdmmc_handle.sd, dest, block_num, num_blocks, 60000);
+            err = HAL_SD_ReadBlocks(&sdmmc_handle.sd, dest, block_num, num_blocks, TIMEOUT_MS);
         }
         if (err == HAL_OK) {
-            err = sdcard_wait_finished(60000);
+            err = sdcard_wait_finished();
         }
     }
 
@@ -662,7 +664,7 @@ mp_uint_t sdcard_write_blocks(const uint8_t *src, uint32_t block_num, uint32_t n
             err = HAL_SD_WriteBlocks_DMA(&sdmmc_handle.sd, (uint8_t *)src, block_num, num_blocks);
         }
         if (err == HAL_OK) {
-            err = sdcard_wait_finished(60000);
+            err = sdcard_wait_finished();
         }
 
         #if SDIO_USE_GPDMA
@@ -681,14 +683,14 @@ mp_uint_t sdcard_write_blocks(const uint8_t *src, uint32_t block_num, uint32_t n
     } else {
         #if MICROPY_HW_ENABLE_MMCARD
         if (pyb_sdmmc_flags & PYB_SDMMC_FLAG_MMC) {
-            err = HAL_MMC_WriteBlocks(&sdmmc_handle.mmc, (uint8_t *)src, block_num, num_blocks, 60000);
+            err = HAL_MMC_WriteBlocks(&sdmmc_handle.mmc, (uint8_t *)src, block_num, num_blocks, TIMEOUT_MS);
         } else
         #endif
         {
-            err = HAL_SD_WriteBlocks(&sdmmc_handle.sd, (uint8_t *)src, block_num, num_blocks, 60000);
+            err = HAL_SD_WriteBlocks(&sdmmc_handle.sd, (uint8_t *)src, block_num, num_blocks, TIMEOUT_MS);
         }
         if (err == HAL_OK) {
-            err = sdcard_wait_finished(60000);
+            err = sdcard_wait_finished();
         }
     }