diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/lpc32xx_mlc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/lpc32xx_mlc.c
index 19b13ae536d4..8f6a89d9ba83 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/lpc32xx_mlc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/lpc32xx_mlc.c
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ static int lpc32xx_xmit_dma(struct mtd_info *mtd, void *mem, int len,
 	struct lpc32xx_nand_host *host = nand_get_controller_data(chip);
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *desc;
 	int flags = DMA_CTRL_ACK | DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT;
+	unsigned long time_left;
 	int res;
 
 	sg_init_one(&host->sgl, mem, len);
@@ -410,6 +411,7 @@ static int lpc32xx_xmit_dma(struct mtd_info *mtd, void *mem, int len,
 				       flags);
 	if (!desc) {
 		dev_err(mtd->dev.parent, "Failed to prepare slave sg\n");
+		res = -ENXIO;
 		goto out1;
 	}
 
@@ -420,7 +422,13 @@ static int lpc32xx_xmit_dma(struct mtd_info *mtd, void *mem, int len,
 	dmaengine_submit(desc);
 	dma_async_issue_pending(host->dma_chan);
 
-	wait_for_completion_timeout(&host->comp_dma, msecs_to_jiffies(1000));
+	time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&host->comp_dma,
+						msecs_to_jiffies(1000));
+	if (!time_left) {
+		dmaengine_terminate_sync(host->dma_chan);
+		res = -ETIMEDOUT;
+		goto out1;
+	}
 
 	dma_unmap_sg(host->dma_chan->device->dev, &host->sgl, 1,
 		     DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
@@ -428,7 +436,7 @@ static int lpc32xx_xmit_dma(struct mtd_info *mtd, void *mem, int len,
 out1:
 	dma_unmap_sg(host->dma_chan->device->dev, &host->sgl, 1,
 		     DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
-	return -ENXIO;
+	return res;
 }
 
 static int lpc32xx_read_page(struct nand_chip *chip, uint8_t *buf,