diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
index 0599e41e253c740ca912f18b38fc05e58decef5f..a0bc26c5eac09fdaaccdb583ef52945f68f123dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ int mwifiex_wait_queue_complete(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter,
 						  *(cmd_queued->condition),
 						  (12 * HZ));
 	if (status <= 0) {
+		if (status == 0)
+			status = -ETIMEDOUT;
 		dev_err(adapter->dev, "cmd_wait_q terminated: %d\n", status);
 		mwifiex_cancel_all_pending_cmd(adapter);
 		return status;