diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-eg20t.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-eg20t.c
index ce1a32b71e47..a4f76cb76c46 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-eg20t.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-eg20t.c
@@ -273,23 +273,23 @@ static s32 pch_i2c_wait_for_bus_idle(struct i2c_algo_pch_data *adap,
 				     s32 timeout)
 {
 	void __iomem *p = adap->pch_base_address;
+	ktime_t ns_val;
+
+	if ((ioread32(p + PCH_I2CSR) & I2CMBB_BIT) == 0)
+		return 0;
 
 	/* MAX timeout value is timeout*1000*1000nsec */
-	ktime_t ns_val = ktime_add_ns(ktime_get(), timeout*1000*1000);
+	ns_val = ktime_add_ns(ktime_get(), timeout*1000*1000);
 	do {
-		if ((ioread32(p + PCH_I2CSR) & I2CMBB_BIT) == 0)
-			break;
 		msleep(20);
+		if ((ioread32(p + PCH_I2CSR) & I2CMBB_BIT) == 0)
+			return 0;
 	} while (ktime_lt(ktime_get(), ns_val));
 
 	pch_dbg(adap, "I2CSR = %x\n", ioread32(p + PCH_I2CSR));
+	pch_err(adap, "%s: Timeout Error.return%d\n", __func__, -ETIME);
 
-	if (timeout == 0) {
-		pch_err(adap, "%s: Timeout Error.return%d\n", __func__, -ETIME);
-		return -ETIME;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	return -ETIME;
 }
 
 /**