diff --git a/drivers/mfd/rtsx_usb.c b/drivers/mfd/rtsx_usb.c
index dbd907d7170e..691dab791f7a 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/rtsx_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/rtsx_usb.c
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ static void rtsx_usb_sg_timed_out(unsigned long data)
 
 	dev_dbg(&ucr->pusb_intf->dev, "%s: sg transfer timed out", __func__);
 	usb_sg_cancel(&ucr->current_sg);
-
-	/* we know the cancellation is caused by time-out */
-	ucr->current_sg.status = -ETIMEDOUT;
 }
 
 static int rtsx_usb_bulk_transfer_sglist(struct rtsx_ucr *ucr,
@@ -67,12 +64,15 @@ static int rtsx_usb_bulk_transfer_sglist(struct rtsx_ucr *ucr,
 	ucr->sg_timer.expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(timeout);
 	add_timer(&ucr->sg_timer);
 	usb_sg_wait(&ucr->current_sg);
-	del_timer_sync(&ucr->sg_timer);
+	if (!del_timer_sync(&ucr->sg_timer))
+		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
+	else
+		ret = ucr->current_sg.status;
 
 	if (act_len)
 		*act_len = ucr->current_sg.bytes;
 
-	return ucr->current_sg.status;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int rtsx_usb_transfer_data(struct rtsx_ucr *ucr, unsigned int pipe,