GMBUS_SLAVE_READ | GMBUS_SW_RDY);
        POSTING_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset);
        do {
+               int ret;
                u32 val, loop = 0;
+               u32 gmbus2;
 
-               if (wait_for(I915_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset) &
-                            (GMBUS_SATOER | GMBUS_HW_RDY),
-                            50))
+               ret = wait_for((gmbus2 = I915_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset)) &
+                              (GMBUS_SATOER | GMBUS_HW_RDY),
+                              50);
+               if (ret)
                        return -ETIMEDOUT;
-               if (I915_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset) & GMBUS_SATOER)
+               if (gmbus2 & GMBUS_SATOER)
                        return -ENXIO;
 
                val = I915_READ(GMBUS3 + reg_offset);
                   GMBUS_SLAVE_WRITE | GMBUS_SW_RDY);
        POSTING_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset);
        while (len) {
+               int ret;
+               u32 gmbus2;
+
                val = loop = 0;
                do {
                        val |= *buf++ << (8 * loop);
                I915_WRITE(GMBUS3 + reg_offset, val);
                POSTING_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset);
 
-               if (wait_for(I915_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset) &
-                            (GMBUS_SATOER | GMBUS_HW_RDY),
-                            50))
+               ret = wait_for((gmbus2 = I915_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset)) &
+                              (GMBUS_SATOER | GMBUS_HW_RDY),
+                              50);
+               if (ret)
                        return -ETIMEDOUT;
-               if (I915_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset) & GMBUS_SATOER)
+               if (gmbus2 & GMBUS_SATOER)
                        return -ENXIO;
        }
        return 0;
        I915_WRITE(GMBUS0 + reg_offset, bus->reg0);
 
        for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+               u32 gmbus2;
+
                if (gmbus_is_index_read(msgs, i, num)) {
                        ret = gmbus_xfer_index_read(dev_priv, &msgs[i]);
                        i += 1;  /* set i to the index of the read xfer */
                if (ret == -ENXIO)
                        goto clear_err;
 
-               if (wait_for(I915_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset) &
-                            (GMBUS_SATOER | GMBUS_HW_WAIT_PHASE),
-                            50))
+               ret = wait_for((gmbus2 = I915_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset)) &
+                              (GMBUS_SATOER | GMBUS_HW_WAIT_PHASE),
+                              50);
+               if (ret)
                        goto timeout;
-               if (I915_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset) & GMBUS_SATOER)
+               if (gmbus2 & GMBUS_SATOER)
                        goto clear_err;
        }