diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index d45b2871d33b..edc00818c803 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static int ec_check_sci_sync(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 state)
 static int ec_poll(struct acpi_ec *ec)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int repeat = 2; /* number of command restarts */
+	int repeat = 5; /* number of command restarts */
 	while (repeat--) {
 		unsigned long delay = jiffies +
 			msecs_to_jiffies(ec_delay);
@@ -241,8 +241,6 @@ static int ec_poll(struct acpi_ec *ec)
 			}
 			advance_transaction(ec, acpi_ec_read_status(ec));
 		} while (time_before(jiffies, delay));
-		if (acpi_ec_read_status(ec) & ACPI_EC_FLAG_IBF)
-			break;
 		pr_debug(PREFIX "controller reset, restart transaction\n");
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&ec->lock, flags);
 		start_transaction(ec);