1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 6ca07c9929e6..93e9de46977a 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -541,10 +541,7 @@ static void spi_complete(void *arg)
  * Also, the caller is guaranteeing that the memory associated with the
  * message will not be freed before this call returns.
  *
- * The return value is a negative error code if the message could not be
- * submitted, else zero.  When the value is zero, then message->status is
- * also defined;  it's the completion code for the transfer, either zero
- * or a negative error code from the controller driver.
+ * It returns zero on success, else a negative error code.
  */
 int spi_sync(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_message *message)
 {
@@ -554,8 +551,10 @@ int spi_sync(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_message *message)
         message->complete = spi_complete;
         message->context = &done;
         status = spi_async(spi, message);
-        if (status == 0)
+        if (status == 0) {
                 wait_for_completion(&done);
+                status = message->status;
+        }
         message->context = NULL;
         return status;
 }
@@ -628,10 +627,8 @@ int spi_write_then_read(struct spi_device *spi,
 
         /* do the i/o */
         status = spi_sync(spi, &message);
-        if (status == 0) {
+        if (status == 0)
                 memcpy(rxbuf, x[1].rx_buf, n_rx);
-                status = message.status;
-        }
 
         if (x[0].tx_buf == buf)
                 mutex_unlock(&lock);