diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c b/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c
index f79eb12c326aacf2ed62b021b0b4d87bfa5c71e7..125cff57c759e40f50337fb1c5887f77c0c78090 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c
@@ -433,13 +433,13 @@ int asix_mdio_read(struct net_device *netdev, int phy_id, int loc)
 	mutex_lock(&dev->phy_mutex);
 	do {
 		ret = asix_set_sw_mii(dev, 0);
-		if (ret == -ENODEV)
+		if (ret == -ENODEV || ret == -ETIMEDOUT)
 			break;
 		usleep_range(1000, 1100);
 		ret = asix_read_cmd(dev, AX_CMD_STATMNGSTS_REG,
 				    0, 0, 1, &smsr, 0);
 	} while (!(smsr & AX_HOST_EN) && (i++ < 30) && (ret != -ENODEV));
-	if (ret == -ENODEV) {
+	if (ret == -ENODEV || ret == -ETIMEDOUT) {
 		mutex_unlock(&dev->phy_mutex);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -497,13 +497,13 @@ int asix_mdio_read_nopm(struct net_device *netdev, int phy_id, int loc)
 	mutex_lock(&dev->phy_mutex);
 	do {
 		ret = asix_set_sw_mii(dev, 1);
-		if (ret == -ENODEV)
+		if (ret == -ENODEV || ret == -ETIMEDOUT)
 			break;
 		usleep_range(1000, 1100);
 		ret = asix_read_cmd(dev, AX_CMD_STATMNGSTS_REG,
 				    0, 0, 1, &smsr, 1);
 	} while (!(smsr & AX_HOST_EN) && (i++ < 30) && (ret != -ENODEV));
-	if (ret == -ENODEV) {
+	if (ret == -ENODEV || ret == -ETIMEDOUT) {
 		mutex_unlock(&dev->phy_mutex);
 		return ret;
 	}