1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ali15x3.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ali15x3.c
index 39066dee46e3..d627fceb790b 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ali15x3.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ali15x3.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static int ali15x3_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");
         }