diff --git a/drivers/net/ieee802154/at86rf230.c b/drivers/net/ieee802154/at86rf230.c
index 6857038111a0cc39614626b1331351974481c676..44d2f1de31e0695a74c3854948075de990b056be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ieee802154/at86rf230.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ieee802154/at86rf230.c
@@ -690,8 +690,10 @@ at86rf230_sync_state_change(struct at86rf230_local *lp, unsigned int state)
 
 	rc = wait_for_completion_timeout(&lp->state_complete,
 					 msecs_to_jiffies(100));
-	if (!rc)
+	if (!rc) {
+		at86rf230_async_error(lp, &lp->state, -ETIMEDOUT);
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }