diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c
index 4c774ee8bb1b..299c15312acb 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c
@@ -248,10 +248,12 @@ static inline int ipc_wait_for_interrupt(struct intel_scu_ipc_dev *scu)
 {
 	int status;
 
-	if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&scu->cmd_complete, IPC_TIMEOUT))
-		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+	wait_for_completion_timeout(&scu->cmd_complete, IPC_TIMEOUT);
 
 	status = ipc_read_status(scu);
+	if (status & IPC_STATUS_BUSY)
+		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+
 	if (status & IPC_STATUS_ERR)
 		return -EIO;