diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/fsl_ifc_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/fsl_ifc_nand.c
index 24f59d0066af..e4f5792dc589 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/fsl_ifc_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/fsl_ifc_nand.c
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ static const struct nand_controller_ops fsl_ifc_controller_ops = {
 	.attach_chip = fsl_ifc_attach_chip,
 };
 
-static void fsl_ifc_sram_init(struct fsl_ifc_mtd *priv)
+static int fsl_ifc_sram_init(struct fsl_ifc_mtd *priv)
 {
 	struct fsl_ifc_ctrl *ctrl = priv->ctrl;
 	struct fsl_ifc_runtime __iomem *ifc_runtime = ctrl->rregs;
@@ -805,12 +805,16 @@ static void fsl_ifc_sram_init(struct fsl_ifc_mtd *priv)
 	wait_event_timeout(ctrl->nand_wait, ctrl->nand_stat,
 			   msecs_to_jiffies(IFC_TIMEOUT_MSECS));
 
-	if (ctrl->nand_stat != IFC_NAND_EVTER_STAT_OPC)
+	if (ctrl->nand_stat != IFC_NAND_EVTER_STAT_OPC) {
 		pr_err("fsl-ifc: Failed to Initialise SRAM\n");
+		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+	}
 
 	/* Restore CSOR and CSOR_ext */
 	ifc_out32(csor, &ifc_global->csor_cs[cs].csor);
 	ifc_out32(csor_ext, &ifc_global->csor_cs[cs].csor_ext);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int fsl_ifc_chip_init(struct fsl_ifc_mtd *priv)
@@ -914,8 +918,13 @@ static int fsl_ifc_chip_init(struct fsl_ifc_mtd *priv)
 		chip->ecc.algo = NAND_ECC_HAMMING;
 	}
 
-	if (ctrl->version >= FSL_IFC_VERSION_1_1_0)
-		fsl_ifc_sram_init(priv);
+	if (ctrl->version >= FSL_IFC_VERSION_1_1_0) {
+		int ret;
+
+		ret = fsl_ifc_sram_init(priv);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * As IFC version 2.0.0 has 16KB of internal SRAM as compared to older