diff --git a/drivers/cxl/pci.c b/drivers/cxl/pci.c
index 8dc91fd3396a..cc0cdd7e9de3 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/pci.c
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /* Copyright(c) 2020 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. */
 #include <linux/io-64-nonatomic-lo-hi.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/sizes.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
@@ -35,6 +37,20 @@
 /* CXL 2.0 - 8.2.8.4 */
 #define CXL_MAILBOX_TIMEOUT_MS (2 * HZ)
 
+/*
+ * CXL 2.0 ECN "Add Mailbox Ready Time" defines a capability field to
+ * dictate how long to wait for the mailbox to become ready. The new
+ * field allows the device to tell software the amount of time to wait
+ * before mailbox ready. This field per the spec theoretically allows
+ * for up to 255 seconds. 255 seconds is unreasonably long, its longer
+ * than the maximum SATA port link recovery wait. Default to 60 seconds
+ * until someone builds a CXL device that needs more time in practice.
+ */
+static unsigned short mbox_ready_timeout = 60;
+module_param(mbox_ready_timeout, ushort, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(mbox_ready_timeout,
+		 "seconds to wait for mailbox ready status");
+
 static int cxl_pci_mbox_wait_for_doorbell(struct cxl_dev_state *cxlds)
 {
 	const unsigned long start = jiffies;
@@ -281,6 +297,25 @@ static int cxl_pci_mbox_send(struct cxl_dev_state *cxlds, struct cxl_mbox_cmd *c
 static int cxl_pci_setup_mailbox(struct cxl_dev_state *cxlds)
 {
 	const int cap = readl(cxlds->regs.mbox + CXLDEV_MBOX_CAPS_OFFSET);
+	unsigned long timeout;
+	u64 md_status;
+
+	timeout = jiffies + mbox_ready_timeout * HZ;
+	do {
+		md_status = readq(cxlds->regs.memdev + CXLMDEV_STATUS_OFFSET);
+		if (md_status & CXLMDEV_MBOX_IF_READY)
+			break;
+		if (msleep_interruptible(100))
+			break;
+	} while (!time_after(jiffies, timeout));
+
+	if (!(md_status & CXLMDEV_MBOX_IF_READY)) {
+		dev_err(cxlds->dev,
+			"timeout awaiting mailbox ready, device state:%s%s\n",
+			md_status & CXLMDEV_DEV_FATAL ? " fatal" : "",
+			md_status & CXLMDEV_FW_HALT ? " firmware-halt" : "");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
 
 	cxlds->mbox_send = cxl_pci_mbox_send;
 	cxlds->payload_size =