diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x.c
index dc954b85a988..6c8b1db649b8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wsa881x.c
@@ -1173,11 +1173,17 @@ static int __maybe_unused wsa881x_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)
 	struct sdw_slave *slave = dev_to_sdw_dev(dev);
 	struct regmap *regmap = dev_get_regmap(dev, NULL);
 	struct wsa881x_priv *wsa881x = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	unsigned long time;
 
 	gpiod_direction_output(wsa881x->sd_n, 1);
 
-	wait_for_completion_timeout(&slave->initialization_complete,
-				    msecs_to_jiffies(WSA881X_PROBE_TIMEOUT));
+	time = wait_for_completion_timeout(&slave->initialization_complete,
+					   msecs_to_jiffies(WSA881X_PROBE_TIMEOUT));
+	if (!time) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Initialization not complete, timed out\n");
+		gpiod_direction_output(wsa881x->sd_n, 0);
+		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+	}
 
 	regcache_cache_only(regmap, false);
 	regcache_sync(regmap);