ret = wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(&ch_stat->done,
                                                        msecs_to_jiffies(100));
        /* IP might not be started or valid stream might not be present */
-       if (ret < 0) {
+       if (ret <= 0) {
                dev_dbg(dev->dev, "channel status for channel %d timeout\n",
                        channel);
+               return ret ? : -ETIMEDOUT;
        }
 
        memcpy(uvalue->value.iec958.status, ch_stat->data,
                dev_dbg(dev->dev, "user data for channel %d timeout\n",
                        channel);
                mchp_spdifrx_isr_blockend_dis(dev);
-               return ret;
+               return ret ? : -ETIMEDOUT;
        }
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&user_data->lock, flags);