diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_glink.c b/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_glink.c
index 894622b6556a..ee239a6b8f61 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_glink.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_glink.c
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ static int pmic_glink_ucsi_sync_write(struct ucsi *__ucsi, unsigned int offset,
 	left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ucsi->sync_ack, 5 * HZ);
 	if (!left) {
 		dev_err(ucsi->dev, "timeout waiting for UCSI sync write response\n");
-		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
+		/* return 0 here and let core UCSI code handle the CCI_BUSY */
+		ret = 0;
 	} else if (ucsi->sync_val) {
 		dev_err(ucsi->dev, "sync write returned: %d\n", ucsi->sync_val);
 	}
@@ -242,10 +243,7 @@ static void pmic_glink_ucsi_notify(struct work_struct *work)
 		ucsi_connector_change(ucsi->ucsi, con_num);
 	}
 
-	if (ucsi->sync_pending && cci & UCSI_CCI_BUSY) {
-		ucsi->sync_val = -EBUSY;
-		complete(&ucsi->sync_ack);
-	} else if (ucsi->sync_pending &&
+	if (ucsi->sync_pending &&
 		   (cci & (UCSI_CCI_ACK_COMPLETE | UCSI_CCI_COMMAND_COMPLETE))) {
 		complete(&ucsi->sync_ack);
 	}