diff --git a/firehose.c b/firehose.c
index a1fa128..9461b77 100644
--- a/firehose.c
+++ b/firehose.c
@@ -593,15 +593,8 @@ int firehose_run(struct qdl_device *qdl, const char *incdir, const char *storage
 	int bootable;
 	int ret;
 
-//	while (firehose_read(qdl, 100, NULL) != -ETIMEDOUT)
-//		;
-
 	firehose_read(qdl, 5000, NULL);
 
-	ret = firehose_nop(qdl);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	if(ufs_need_provisioning()) {
 		ret = firehose_configure(qdl, true, storage);
 		if (ret)
diff --git a/qdl.c b/qdl.c
index baa9e7b..d3a627c 100644
--- a/qdl.c
+++ b/qdl.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ int qdl_write(struct qdl_device *qdl, const void *buf, size_t len, bool eot)
 	bulk.ep = qdl->out_ep;
 	bulk.len = len;
 	bulk.data = (void *)buf;
-	bulk.timeout = 1000;
+	bulk.timeout = 10000;
 
 	ret = ioctl(qdl->fd, USBDEVFS_BULK, &bulk);
 	if (ret < 0)