diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c
index 84eca4f93b82..0fad6cf37bab 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ static irqreturn_t ibmvtpm_interrupt(int irq, void *vtpm_instance)
 	 */
 	while ((crq = ibmvtpm_crq_get_next(ibmvtpm)) != NULL) {
 		ibmvtpm_crq_process(crq, ibmvtpm);
+		wake_up_interruptible(&ibmvtpm->crq_queue.wq);
 		crq->valid = 0;
 		smp_wmb();
 	}
@@ -596,6 +597,7 @@ static int tpm_ibmvtpm_probe(struct vio_dev *vio_dev,
 	}
 
 	crq_q->num_entry = CRQ_RES_BUF_SIZE / sizeof(*crq_q->crq_addr);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&crq_q->wq);
 	ibmvtpm->crq_dma_handle = dma_map_single(dev, crq_q->crq_addr,
 						 CRQ_RES_BUF_SIZE,
 						 DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
@@ -648,6 +650,13 @@ static int tpm_ibmvtpm_probe(struct vio_dev *vio_dev,
 	if (rc)
 		goto init_irq_cleanup;
 
+	if (!wait_event_timeout(ibmvtpm->crq_queue.wq,
+				ibmvtpm->rtce_buf != NULL,
+				HZ)) {
+		dev_err(dev, "CRQ response timed out\n");
+		goto init_irq_cleanup;
+	}
+
 	return tpm_chip_register(chip);
 init_irq_cleanup:
 	do {
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.h
index 91dfe766d080..4f6a124601db 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.h
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct ibmvtpm_crq_queue {
 	struct ibmvtpm_crq *crq_addr;
 	u32 index;
 	u32 num_entry;
+	wait_queue_head_t wq;
 };
 
 struct ibmvtpm_dev {