1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-octeon.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-octeon.c
index 0e9f85d0a835..56dbe54e8811 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-octeon.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-octeon.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static int octeon_i2c_wait(struct octeon_i2c *i2c)
                 return result;
         } else if (result == 0) {
                 dev_dbg(i2c->dev, "%s: timeout\n", __func__);
-                result = -ETIMEDOUT;
+                return -ETIMEDOUT;
         }
 
         return 0;