1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c
index 1748a9351de0..d8ca4068a928 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c
@@ -473,6 +473,12 @@ long st_kim_start(void *kim_data)
                         pr_info("ldisc_install = 0");
                         sysfs_notify(&kim_gdata->kim_pdev->dev.kobj,
                                         NULL, "install");
+                        /* the following wait is never going to be completed,
+                         * since the ldisc was never installed, hence serving
+                         * as a mdelay of LDISC_TIME msecs */
+                        err = wait_for_completion_timeout
+                                (&kim_gdata->ldisc_installed,
+                                 msecs_to_jiffies(LDISC_TIME));
                         err = -ETIMEDOUT;
                         continue;
                 } else {
@@ -485,6 +491,13 @@ long st_kim_start(void *kim_data)
                                 pr_info("ldisc_install = 0");
                                 sysfs_notify(&kim_gdata->kim_pdev->dev.kobj,
                                                 NULL, "install");
+                                /* this wait might be completed, though in the
+                                 * tty_close() since the ldisc is already
+                                 * installed */
+                                err = wait_for_completion_timeout
+                                        (&kim_gdata->ldisc_installed,
+                                         msecs_to_jiffies(LDISC_TIME));
+                                err = -EINVAL;
                                 continue;
                         } else {        /* on success don't retry */
                                 break;