stat |= S3C2410_IICSTAT_START;
        writel(stat, i2c->regs + S3C2410_IICSTAT);
-
-       if (i2c->quirks & QUIRK_POLL) {
-               while ((i2c->msg_num != 0) && is_ack(i2c)) {
-                       i2c_s3c_irq_nextbyte(i2c, stat);
-                       stat = readl(i2c->regs + S3C2410_IICSTAT);
-
-                       if (stat & S3C2410_IICSTAT_ARBITR)
-                               dev_err(i2c->dev, "deal with arbitration loss\n");
-               }
-       }
 }
 
 static inline void s3c24xx_i2c_stop(struct s3c24xx_i2c *i2c, int ret)
 static int s3c24xx_i2c_doxfer(struct s3c24xx_i2c *i2c,
                              struct i2c_msg *msgs, int num)
 {
-       unsigned long timeout;
+       unsigned long timeout = 0;
        int ret;
 
        ret = s3c24xx_i2c_set_master(i2c);
        s3c24xx_i2c_message_start(i2c, msgs);
 
        if (i2c->quirks & QUIRK_POLL) {
-               ret = i2c->msg_idx;
+               while ((i2c->msg_num != 0) && is_ack(i2c)) {
+                       unsigned long stat = readl(i2c->regs + S3C2410_IICSTAT);
 
-               if (ret != num)
-                       dev_dbg(i2c->dev, "incomplete xfer (%d)\n", ret);
+                       i2c_s3c_irq_nextbyte(i2c, stat);
 
-               goto out;
+                       stat = readl(i2c->regs + S3C2410_IICSTAT);
+                       if (stat & S3C2410_IICSTAT_ARBITR)
+                               dev_err(i2c->dev, "deal with arbitration loss\n");
+               }
+       } else {
+               timeout = wait_event_timeout(i2c->wait, i2c->msg_num == 0, HZ * 5);
        }
 
-       timeout = wait_event_timeout(i2c->wait, i2c->msg_num == 0, HZ * 5);
-
        ret = i2c->msg_idx;
 
        /*