mutex_lock(&dev->device_lock);
        }
 
-       if (!err && !dev->recvd_msg) {
+       if (err <= 0 && !dev->recvd_msg) {
                dev->mei_state = MEI_DISABLED;
                dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev,
                        "wait_event_interruptible_timeout failed"
 
        ret = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(dev->wait_stop_wd,
                                        dev->wd_stopped, 10 * HZ);
        mutex_lock(&dev->device_lock);
-       if (!dev->wd_stopped)
-               dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "stop wd failed to complete.\n");
-       else
-               dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "stop wd complete.\n");
+       if (dev->wd_stopped) {
+               dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "stop wd complete ret=%d.\n", ret);
+               ret = 0;
+       } else {
+               if (!ret)
+                       ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
+               dev_warn(&dev->pdev->dev,
+                       "stop wd failed to complete ret=%d.\n", ret);
+       }
 
        if (preserve)
                dev->wd_timeout = wd_timeout;