diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-ti-qspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-ti-qspi.c
index e06aafe169e0..081da1fd3fd7 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-ti-qspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-ti-qspi.c
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ static int ti_qspi_dma_xfer(struct ti_qspi *qspi, dma_addr_t dma_dst,
 	enum dma_ctrl_flags flags = DMA_CTRL_ACK | DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT;
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx;
 	int ret;
+	unsigned long time_left;
 
 	tx = dmaengine_prep_dma_memcpy(chan, dma_dst, dma_src, len, flags);
 	if (!tx) {
@@ -467,9 +468,9 @@ static int ti_qspi_dma_xfer(struct ti_qspi *qspi, dma_addr_t dma_dst,
 	}
 
 	dma_async_issue_pending(chan);
-	ret = wait_for_completion_timeout(&qspi->transfer_complete,
+	time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&qspi->transfer_complete,
 					  msecs_to_jiffies(len));
-	if (ret <= 0) {
+	if (time_left == 0) {
 		dmaengine_terminate_sync(chan);
 		dev_err(qspi->dev, "DMA wait_for_completion_timeout\n");
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;