diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
index 3c7c86d4b0e4b43bc230258b24a51cfe5493f02c..cbc2ad49043e49d8088d73235e64a036d16991ba 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ static int tegra_i2c_xfer_msg(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev,
 					 i2c_dev->rx_dma_chan :
 					 i2c_dev->tx_dma_chan);
 
-		if (time_left == 0) {
+		if (!time_left && !completion_done(&i2c_dev->dma_complete)) {
 			dev_err(i2c_dev->dev, "DMA transfer timeout\n");
 			tegra_i2c_init(i2c_dev, true);
 			return -ETIMEDOUT;