diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-eg20t.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-eg20t.c
index ca8877641040..1eb60ca055a3 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-eg20t.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-eg20t.c
@@ -271,30 +271,36 @@ static inline bool ktime_lt(const ktime_t cmp1, const ktime_t cmp2)
 /**
  * pch_i2c_wait_for_bus_idle() - check the status of bus.
  * @adap:	Pointer to struct i2c_algo_pch_data.
- * @timeout:	waiting time counter (us).
+ * @timeout:	waiting time counter (ms).
  */
 static s32 pch_i2c_wait_for_bus_idle(struct i2c_algo_pch_data *adap,
 				     s32 timeout)
 {
 	void __iomem *p = adap->pch_base_address;
-	ktime_t ns_val;
+	int schedule = 0;
+	unsigned long end = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(timeout);
 
-	if ((ioread32(p + PCH_I2CSR) & I2CMBB_BIT) == 0)
-		return 0;
+	while (ioread32(p + PCH_I2CSR) & I2CMBB_BIT) {
+		if (time_after(jiffies, end)) {
+			pch_dbg(adap, "I2CSR = %x\n", ioread32(p + PCH_I2CSR));
+			pch_err(adap, "%s: Timeout Error.return%d\n",
+					__func__, -ETIME);
+			pch_i2c_init(adap);
 
-	/* MAX timeout value is timeout*1000*1000nsec */
-	ns_val = ktime_add_ns(ktime_get(), timeout*1000*1000);
-	do {
-		msleep(20);
-		if ((ioread32(p + PCH_I2CSR) & I2CMBB_BIT) == 0)
-			return 0;
-	} while (ktime_lt(ktime_get(), ns_val));
+			return -ETIME;
+		}
 
-	pch_dbg(adap, "I2CSR = %x\n", ioread32(p + PCH_I2CSR));
-	pch_err(adap, "%s: Timeout Error.return%d\n", __func__, -ETIME);
-	pch_i2c_init(adap);
+		if (!schedule)
+			/* Retry after some usecs */
+			udelay(5);
+		else
+			/* Wait a bit more without consuming CPU */
+			usleep_range(20, 1000);
 
-	return -ETIME;
+		schedule = 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**