diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
index 815577b1c89f..fb5722186d95 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
@@ -725,27 +725,30 @@ omap_i2c_omap1_isr(int this_irq, void *dev_id)
  * data to DATA_REG. Otherwise some data bytes can be lost while transferring
  * them from the memory to the I2C interface.
  */
-static int errata_omap3_i462(struct omap_i2c_dev *dev, u16 *stat, int *err)
+static int errata_omap3_i462(struct omap_i2c_dev *dev)
 {
 	unsigned long timeout = 10000;
+	u16 stat;
 
-	while (--timeout && !(*stat & OMAP_I2C_STAT_XUDF)) {
-		if (*stat & (OMAP_I2C_STAT_NACK | OMAP_I2C_STAT_AL)) {
+	do {
+		stat = omap_i2c_read_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_STAT_REG);
+		if (stat & OMAP_I2C_STAT_XUDF)
+			break;
+
+		if (stat & (OMAP_I2C_STAT_NACK | OMAP_I2C_STAT_AL)) {
 			omap_i2c_ack_stat(dev, (OMAP_I2C_STAT_XRDY |
 							OMAP_I2C_STAT_XDR));
-			return -ETIMEDOUT;
+			return -EIO;
 		}
 
 		cpu_relax();
-		*stat = omap_i2c_read_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_STAT_REG);
-	}
+	} while (--timeout);
 
 	if (!timeout) {
 		dev_err(dev->dev, "timeout waiting on XUDF bit\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	*err |= OMAP_I2C_STAT_XUDF;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -903,9 +906,16 @@ complete:
 					}
 				}
 
-				if ((dev->errata & I2C_OMAP_ERRATA_I462) &&
-				    errata_omap3_i462(dev, &stat, &err))
-					goto complete;
+				if (dev->errata & I2C_OMAP_ERRATA_I462) {
+					int ret;
+
+					ret = errata_omap3_i462(dev);
+					stat = omap_i2c_read_reg(dev,
+							OMAP_I2C_STAT_REG);
+
+					if (ret < 0)
+						goto complete;
+				}
 
 				omap_i2c_write_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_DATA_REG, w);
 			}
@@ -943,9 +953,16 @@ complete:
 					}
 				}
 
-				if ((dev->errata & I2C_OMAP_ERRATA_I462) &&
-				    errata_omap3_i462(dev, &stat, &err))
-					goto complete;
+				if (dev->errata & I2C_OMAP_ERRATA_I462) {
+					int ret;
+
+					ret = errata_omap3_i462(dev);
+					stat = omap_i2c_read_reg(dev,
+							OMAP_I2C_STAT_REG);
+
+					if (ret < 0)
+						goto complete;
+				}
 
 				omap_i2c_write_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_DATA_REG, w);
 			}