1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/olpc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/olpc.c
index 0e0cdde519be..a2bd899b2b83 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/olpc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/olpc.c
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ int olpc_ec_cmd(unsigned char cmd, unsigned char *inbuf, size_t inlen,
         unsigned long flags;
         int ret = -EIO;
         int i;
+        int restarts = 0;
 
         spin_lock_irqsave(&ec_lock, flags);
 
@@ -169,7 +170,9 @@ restart:
                         if (wait_on_obf(0x6c, 1)) {
                                 printk(KERN_ERR "olpc-ec:  timeout waiting for"
                                                 " EC to provide data!\n");
-                                goto restart;
+                                if (restarts++ < 10)
+                                        goto restart;
+                                goto err;
                         }
                         outbuf[i] = inb(0x68);
                         pr_devel("olpc-ec:  received 0x%x\n", outbuf[i]);