diff --git a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pca.c b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pca.c
index f68e5f8e23ee9685eebade63ee13f393119570a3..6318f7ddc1d44d95189d6e18fe8b4ee627033349 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pca.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pca.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static int pca_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *i2c_adap,
 	int completed = 1;
 	unsigned long timeout = jiffies + i2c_adap->timeout;
 
-	while (pca_status(adap) != 0xf8) {
+	while ((state = pca_status(adap)) != 0xf8) {
 		if (time_before(jiffies, timeout)) {
 			msleep(10);
 		} else {