diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
index c826ec045a365dcf633d7ea9e111c909ac8d300f..1961e42f715769bd9852cb10312ce0abf0d1e078 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
@@ -1123,9 +1123,8 @@ int ath10k_core_start(struct ath10k *ar, enum ath10k_firmware_mode mode)
 
 	if (mode == ATH10K_FIRMWARE_MODE_NORMAL) {
 		status = ath10k_wmi_wait_for_service_ready(ar);
-		if (status <= 0) {
+		if (status) {
 			ath10k_warn(ar, "wmi service ready event not received");
-			status = -ETIMEDOUT;
 			goto err_hif_stop;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1141,9 +1140,8 @@ int ath10k_core_start(struct ath10k *ar, enum ath10k_firmware_mode mode)
 	}
 
 	status = ath10k_wmi_wait_for_unified_ready(ar);
-	if (status <= 0) {
+	if (status) {
 		ath10k_err(ar, "wmi unified ready event not received\n");
-		status = -ETIMEDOUT;
 		goto err_hif_stop;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
index 4778031b8635787f7eda33a6b67d31447afef0f3..1f47636f204b7bfc4e7a974823b396c1b4585ec2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
@@ -885,20 +885,24 @@ void ath10k_wmi_put_wmi_channel(struct wmi_channel *ch,
 
 int ath10k_wmi_wait_for_service_ready(struct ath10k *ar)
 {
-	int ret;
+	unsigned long time_left;
 
-	ret = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ar->wmi.service_ready,
-					  WMI_SERVICE_READY_TIMEOUT_HZ);
-	return ret;
+	time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ar->wmi.service_ready,
+						WMI_SERVICE_READY_TIMEOUT_HZ);
+	if (!time_left)
+		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int ath10k_wmi_wait_for_unified_ready(struct ath10k *ar)
 {
-	int ret;
+	unsigned long time_left;
 
-	ret = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ar->wmi.unified_ready,
-					  WMI_UNIFIED_READY_TIMEOUT_HZ);
-	return ret;
+	time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ar->wmi.unified_ready,
+						WMI_UNIFIED_READY_TIMEOUT_HZ);
+	if (!time_left)
+		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 struct sk_buff *ath10k_wmi_alloc_skb(struct ath10k *ar, u32 len)