diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mxs.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mxs.c
index 4045a1e580e1..5b0e9a3e83f6 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-mxs.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mxs.c
@@ -282,9 +282,8 @@ static int mxs_spi_txrx_dma(struct mxs_spi *spi,
 	dmaengine_submit(desc);
 	dma_async_issue_pending(ssp->dmach);
 
-	ret = wait_for_completion_timeout(&spi->c,
-				msecs_to_jiffies(SSP_TIMEOUT));
-	if (!ret) {
+	if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&spi->c,
+					 msecs_to_jiffies(SSP_TIMEOUT))) {
 		dev_err(ssp->dev, "DMA transfer timeout\n");
 		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
 		dmaengine_terminate_all(ssp->dmach);