1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-octeon.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-octeon.c
index 6e75e016bffc..32914ab42a19 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-octeon.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-octeon.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static int octeon_i2c_test_iflg(struct octeon_i2c *i2c)
  */
 static int octeon_i2c_wait(struct octeon_i2c *i2c)
 {
-        int result;
+        long result;
 
         octeon_i2c_int_enable(i2c);
 
@@ -210,10 +210,7 @@ static int octeon_i2c_wait(struct octeon_i2c *i2c)
 
         octeon_i2c_int_disable(i2c);
 
-        if (result < 0) {
-                dev_dbg(i2c->dev, "%s: wait interrupted\n", __func__);
-                return result;
-        } else if (result == 0) {
+        if (result == 0) {
                 dev_dbg(i2c->dev, "%s: timeout\n", __func__);
                 return -ETIMEDOUT;
         }