diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-ti-qspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-ti-qspi.c
index 6146c4c..884a716 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-ti-qspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-ti-qspi.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
 
 static int qspi_write_msg(struct ti_qspi *qspi, struct spi_transfer *t)
 {
-	int wlen, count, ret;
+	int wlen, count;
 	unsigned int cmd;
 	const u8 *txbuf;
 
@@ -230,9 +230,8 @@
 		}
 
 		ti_qspi_write(qspi, cmd, QSPI_SPI_CMD_REG);
-		ret = wait_for_completion_timeout(&qspi->transfer_complete,
-						  QSPI_COMPLETION_TIMEOUT);
-		if (ret == 0) {
+		if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&qspi->transfer_complete,
+						 QSPI_COMPLETION_TIMEOUT)) {
 			dev_err(qspi->dev, "write timed out\n");
 			return -ETIMEDOUT;
 		}
@@ -245,7 +244,7 @@
 
 static int qspi_read_msg(struct ti_qspi *qspi, struct spi_transfer *t)
 {
-	int wlen, count, ret;
+	int wlen, count;
 	unsigned int cmd;
 	u8 *rxbuf;
 
@@ -268,9 +267,8 @@
 	while (count) {
 		dev_dbg(qspi->dev, "rx cmd %08x dc %08x\n", cmd, qspi->dc);
 		ti_qspi_write(qspi, cmd, QSPI_SPI_CMD_REG);
-		ret = wait_for_completion_timeout(&qspi->transfer_complete,
-				QSPI_COMPLETION_TIMEOUT);
-		if (ret == 0) {
+		if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&qspi->transfer_complete,
+						 QSPI_COMPLETION_TIMEOUT)) {
 			dev_err(qspi->dev, "read timed out\n");
 			return -ETIMEDOUT;
 		}