diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsmc_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsmc_nand.c
index e58af4bfa8c8..b6306b19a31a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsmc_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsmc_nand.c
@@ -604,11 +604,10 @@ static int dma_xfer(struct fsmc_nand_data *host, void *buffer, int len,
 	ret =
 	wait_for_completion_timeout(&host->dma_access_complete,
 				msecs_to_jiffies(3000));
-	if (ret <= 0) {
+	if (ret == 0) {
 		dmaengine_terminate_all(chan);
 		dev_err(host->dev, "wait_for_completion_timeout\n");
-		if (!ret)
-			ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
+		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
 		goto unmap_dma;
 	}