diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 76784ae7e6a1..13593f9f2197 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ static int acpi_ec_wait(struct acpi_ec *ec, enum ec_event event, int force_poll)
 				return 0;
 			msleep(1);
 		}
+		if (acpi_ec_check_status(ec,event))
+			return 0;
 	}
 	pr_err(PREFIX "acpi_ec_wait timeout, status = 0x%2.2x, event = %s\n",
 		acpi_ec_read_status(ec),