1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ali1535.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ali1535.c
index 981e080b32ae..d108450df064 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ali1535.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ali1535.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static int ali1535_transaction(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
                  && (timeout++ < MAX_TIMEOUT));
 
         /* If the SMBus is still busy, we give up */
-        if (timeout >= MAX_TIMEOUT) {
+        if (timeout > MAX_TIMEOUT) {
                 result = -ETIMEDOUT;
                 dev_err(&adap->dev, "SMBus Timeout!\n");
         }