diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
index a7c336f56849c4acf3f850ceb480bfc3f695a4c7..63470cf7f4cd9796e3c550382bb8d469364552ea 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
@@ -1942,6 +1942,9 @@ static void vdm_run_state_machine(struct tcpm_port *port)
 			tcpm_log(port, "VDM Tx error, retry");
 			port->vdm_retries++;
 			port->vdm_state = VDM_STATE_READY;
+			if (PD_VDO_SVDM(vdo_hdr) && PD_VDO_CMDT(vdo_hdr) == CMDT_INIT)
+				tcpm_ams_finish(port);
+		} else {
 			tcpm_ams_finish(port);
 		}
 		break;