diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
index 2e8860865af9..3383a5b4b5ed 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
@@ -1336,12 +1336,10 @@ static int atmel_spi_one_transfer(struct spi_controller *host,
 		}
 
 		dma_timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(spi_controller_xfer_timeout(host, xfer));
-		ret_timeout = wait_for_completion_killable_timeout(&as->xfer_completion,
-								   dma_timeout);
-		if (ret_timeout <= 0) {
-			dev_err(&spi->dev, "spi transfer %s\n",
-				!ret_timeout ? "timeout" : "canceled");
-			as->done_status = ret_timeout < 0 ? ret_timeout : -EIO;
+		ret_timeout = wait_for_completion_timeout(&as->xfer_completion, dma_timeout);
+		if (!ret_timeout) {
+			dev_err(&spi->dev, "spi transfer timeout\n");
+			as->done_status = -EIO;
 		}
 
 		if (as->done_status)