diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-pl022.c b/drivers/spi/spi-pl022.c
index 0c793e31d60f..26684178786f 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-pl022.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-pl022.c
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@
 #define STATE_RUNNING			((void *) 1)
 #define STATE_DONE			((void *) 2)
 #define STATE_ERROR			((void *) -1)
+#define STATE_TIMEOUT			((void *) -2)
 
 /*
  * SSP State - Whether Enabled or Disabled
@@ -1484,6 +1485,30 @@ err_config_dma:
 	writew(irqflags, SSP_IMSC(pl022->virtbase));
 }
 
+static void print_current_status(struct pl022 *pl022)
+{
+	u32 read_cr0;
+	u16 read_cr1, read_dmacr, read_sr;
+
+	if (pl022->vendor->extended_cr)
+		read_cr0 = readl(SSP_CR0(pl022->virtbase));
+	else
+		read_cr0 = readw(SSP_CR0(pl022->virtbase));
+	read_cr1 = readw(SSP_CR1(pl022->virtbase));
+	read_dmacr = readw(SSP_DMACR(pl022->virtbase));
+	read_sr = readw(SSP_SR(pl022->virtbase));
+
+	dev_warn(&pl022->adev->dev, "spi-pl022 CR0: %x\n", read_cr0);
+	dev_warn(&pl022->adev->dev, "spi-pl022 CR1: %x\n", read_cr1);
+	dev_warn(&pl022->adev->dev, "spi-pl022 DMACR: %x\n", read_dmacr);
+	dev_warn(&pl022->adev->dev, "spi-pl022 SR: %x\n", read_sr);
+	dev_warn(&pl022->adev->dev,
+			"spi-pl022 exp_fifo_level/fifodepth: %u/%d\n",
+			pl022->exp_fifo_level,
+			pl022->vendor->fifodepth);
+
+}
+
 static void do_polling_transfer(struct pl022 *pl022)
 {
 	struct spi_message *message = NULL;
@@ -1535,7 +1560,8 @@ static void do_polling_transfer(struct pl022 *pl022)
 			if (time_after(time, timeout)) {
 				dev_warn(&pl022->adev->dev,
 				"%s: timeout!\n", __func__);
-				message->state = STATE_ERROR;
+				message->state = STATE_TIMEOUT;
+				print_current_status(pl022);
 				goto out;
 			}
 			cpu_relax();
@@ -1553,6 +1579,8 @@ out:
 	/* Handle end of message */
 	if (message->state == STATE_DONE)
 		message->status = 0;
+	else if (message->state == STATE_TIMEOUT)
+		message->status = -EAGAIN;
 	else
 		message->status = -EIO;