diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-cadence.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-cadence.c
index bc30d16372462e964c0c26e3654dfce48de44d9b..7a343b87b5e581814235bdf4bbe0cd660732d27e 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-cadence.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-cadence.c
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ static int sdhci_cdns_set_tune_val(struct sdhci_host *host, unsigned int val)
 		ret = readl_poll_timeout(reg, tmp,
 					 !(tmp & SDHCI_CDNS_HRS06_TUNE_UP),
 					 0, 1);
-
-		return ret;
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 	}
 
 	return 0;