diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index 3f15edf25a0d69baaf6c0479fa6ce21ec9da590e..137196a4248b78b5dd61adc683ce8a72674425ff 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ int __smp_send_nmi_ipi(int cpu, void (*fn)(struct pt_regs *), u64 delay_us, bool
 		if (delay_us) {
 			delay_us--;
 			if (!delay_us)
-				break;
+				goto timeout;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -530,10 +530,11 @@ int __smp_send_nmi_ipi(int cpu, void (*fn)(struct pt_regs *), u64 delay_us, bool
 		if (delay_us) {
 			delay_us--;
 			if (!delay_us)
-				break;
+				goto timeout;
 		}
 	}
 
+timeout:
 	if (!cpumask_empty(&nmi_ipi_pending_mask)) {
 		/* Timeout waiting for CPUs to call smp_handle_nmi_ipi */
 		ret = 0;