diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-armada-3700.c b/drivers/spi/spi-armada-3700.c
index 3c9ed412932f..02c1e625742d 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-armada-3700.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-armada-3700.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static irqreturn_t a3700_spi_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 static bool a3700_spi_wait_completion(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
 	struct a3700_spi *a3700_spi;
-	unsigned int timeout;
+	unsigned long time_left;
 	unsigned int ctrl_reg;
 	unsigned long timeout_jiffies;
 
@@ -361,12 +361,12 @@ static bool a3700_spi_wait_completion(struct spi_device *spi)
 		     a3700_spi->wait_mask);
 
 	timeout_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(A3700_SPI_TIMEOUT);
-	timeout = wait_for_completion_timeout(&a3700_spi->done,
-					      timeout_jiffies);
+	time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&a3700_spi->done,
+						timeout_jiffies);
 
 	a3700_spi->wait_mask = 0;
 
-	if (timeout)
+	if (time_left)
 		return true;
 
 	/* there might be the case that right after we checked the