diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c
index c65e70bc168d..b51ab24055f3 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_chardev.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static long cros_ec_chardev_ioctl_xcmd(struct cros_ec_dev *ec, void __user *arg)
 	}
 
 	s_cmd->command += ec->cmd_offset;
-	ret = cros_ec_cmd_xfer(ec->ec_dev, s_cmd);
+	ret = cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status(ec->ec_dev, s_cmd);
 	/* Only copy data to userland if data was received. */
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto exit;