diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nvidia/tegra-vde/h264.c b/drivers/media/platform/nvidia/tegra-vde/h264.c
index 204e474d57f7..cfea5572a1b8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/nvidia/tegra-vde/h264.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/nvidia/tegra-vde/h264.c
@@ -633,7 +633,9 @@ static int tegra_vde_decode_end(struct tegra_vde *vde)
 
 	timeout = wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(
 			&vde->decode_completion, msecs_to_jiffies(1000));
-	if (timeout == 0) {
+	if (timeout < 0) {
+		ret = timeout;
+	} else if (timeout == 0) {
 		bsev_ptr = tegra_vde_readl(vde, vde->bsev, 0x10);
 		macroblocks_nb = tegra_vde_readl(vde, vde->sxe, 0xC8) & 0x1FFF;
 		read_bytes = bsev_ptr ? bsev_ptr - vde->bitstream_data_addr : 0;
@@ -642,8 +644,6 @@ static int tegra_vde_decode_end(struct tegra_vde *vde)
 			read_bytes, macroblocks_nb);
 
 		ret = -EIO;
-	} else if (timeout < 0) {
-		ret = timeout;
 	} else {
 		ret = 0;
 	}