1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/wd.c b/drivers/misc/mei/wd.c
index 4fc2b3d4680a..636409f9667f 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/wd.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/wd.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ static void mei_wd_set_start_timeout(struct mei_device *dev, u16 timeout)
  */
 int mei_wd_host_init(struct mei_device *dev)
 {
+        int id;
         mei_cl_init(&dev->wd_cl, dev);
 
         /* look for WD client and connect to it */
@@ -69,12 +70,11 @@ int mei_wd_host_init(struct mei_device *dev)
         dev->wd_timeout = MEI_WD_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
         dev->wd_state = MEI_WD_IDLE;
 
-        /* find ME WD client */
-        mei_me_cl_update_filext(dev, &dev->wd_cl,
+        /* Connect WD ME client to the host client */
+        id = mei_me_cl_link(dev, &dev->wd_cl,
                                 &mei_wd_guid, MEI_WD_HOST_CLIENT_ID);
 
-        dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "wd: check client\n");
-        if (MEI_FILE_CONNECTING != dev->wd_cl.state) {
+        if (id < 0) {
                 dev_info(&dev->pdev->dev, "wd: failed to find the client\n");
                 return -ENOENT;
         }