diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
index a9bf05018cff..c7a71090f3dd 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
@@ -891,6 +891,14 @@ static int bcmnand_ctrl_poll_status(struct brcmnand_controller *ctrl,
 		cpu_relax();
 	} while (time_after(limit, jiffies));
 
+	/*
+	 * do a final check after time out in case the CPU was busy and the driver
+	 * did not get enough time to perform the polling to avoid false alarms
+	 */
+	val = brcmnand_read_reg(ctrl, BRCMNAND_INTFC_STATUS);
+	if ((val & mask) == expected_val)
+		return 0;
+
 	dev_warn(ctrl->dev, "timeout on status poll (expected %x got %x)\n",
 		 expected_val, val & mask);