diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/opt3001.c b/drivers/iio/light/opt3001.c
index 92004a2563ea..5588066c8324 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/opt3001.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/opt3001.c
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ static int opt3001_get_lux(struct opt3001 *opt, int *val, int *val2)
 		ret = wait_event_timeout(opt->result_ready_queue,
 				opt->result_ready,
 				msecs_to_jiffies(OPT3001_RESULT_READY_LONG));
+		if (ret == 0)
+			return -ETIMEDOUT;
 	} else {
 		/* Sleep for result ready time */
 		timeout = (opt->int_time == OPT3001_INT_TIME_SHORT) ?
@@ -311,9 +313,7 @@ err:
 		/* Disallow IRQ to access the device while lock is active */
 		opt->ok_to_ignore_lock = false;
 
-	if (ret == 0)
-		return -ETIMEDOUT;
-	else if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (opt->use_irq) {