diff --git a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
index efeba8275a66..a09a26bf4988 100644
--- a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
@@ -1451,7 +1451,11 @@ static void qcom_slim_ngd_up_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	ctrl = container_of(work, struct qcom_slim_ngd_ctrl, ngd_up_work);
 
 	/* Make sure qmi service is up before continuing */
-	wait_for_completion_interruptible(&ctrl->qmi_up);
+	if (!wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(&ctrl->qmi_up,
+						       msecs_to_jiffies(MSEC_PER_SEC))) {
+		dev_err(ctrl->dev, "QMI wait timeout\n");
+		return;
+	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&ctrl->ssr_lock);
 	qcom_slim_ngd_enable(ctrl, true);