diff --git a/drivers/bus/sunxi-rsb.c b/drivers/bus/sunxi-rsb.c
index 9b1a5e62417c..f8c29b888e6b 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/sunxi-rsb.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/sunxi-rsb.c
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sunxi_rsb_driver_register);
 /* common code that starts a transfer */
 static int _sunxi_rsb_run_xfer(struct sunxi_rsb *rsb)
 {
+	u32 int_mask, status;
+	bool timeout;
+
 	if (readl(rsb->regs + RSB_CTRL) & RSB_CTRL_START_TRANS) {
 		dev_dbg(rsb->dev, "RSB transfer still in progress\n");
 		return -EBUSY;
@@ -275,13 +278,23 @@ static int _sunxi_rsb_run_xfer(struct sunxi_rsb *rsb)
 
 	reinit_completion(&rsb->complete);
 
-	writel(RSB_INTS_LOAD_BSY | RSB_INTS_TRANS_ERR | RSB_INTS_TRANS_OVER,
-	       rsb->regs + RSB_INTE);
+	int_mask = RSB_INTS_LOAD_BSY | RSB_INTS_TRANS_ERR | RSB_INTS_TRANS_OVER;
+	writel(int_mask, rsb->regs + RSB_INTE);
 	writel(RSB_CTRL_START_TRANS | RSB_CTRL_GLOBAL_INT_ENB,
 	       rsb->regs + RSB_CTRL);
 
-	if (!wait_for_completion_io_timeout(&rsb->complete,
-					    msecs_to_jiffies(100))) {
+	if (irqs_disabled()) {
+		timeout = readl_poll_timeout_atomic(rsb->regs + RSB_INTS,
+						    status, (status & int_mask),
+						    10, 100000);
+		writel(status, rsb->regs + RSB_INTS);
+	} else {
+		timeout = !wait_for_completion_io_timeout(&rsb->complete,
+							  msecs_to_jiffies(100));
+		status = rsb->status;
+	}
+
+	if (timeout) {
 		dev_dbg(rsb->dev, "RSB timeout\n");
 
 		/* abort the transfer */
@@ -293,18 +306,18 @@ static int _sunxi_rsb_run_xfer(struct sunxi_rsb *rsb)
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}
 
-	if (rsb->status & RSB_INTS_LOAD_BSY) {
+	if (status & RSB_INTS_LOAD_BSY) {
 		dev_dbg(rsb->dev, "RSB busy\n");
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	if (rsb->status & RSB_INTS_TRANS_ERR) {
-		if (rsb->status & RSB_INTS_TRANS_ERR_ACK) {
+	if (status & RSB_INTS_TRANS_ERR) {
+		if (status & RSB_INTS_TRANS_ERR_ACK) {
 			dev_dbg(rsb->dev, "RSB slave nack\n");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
-		if (rsb->status & RSB_INTS_TRANS_ERR_DATA) {
+		if (status & RSB_INTS_TRANS_ERR_DATA) {
 			dev_dbg(rsb->dev, "RSB transfer data error\n");
 			return -EIO;
 		}