diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
index 36e0fa161c2bf0b46206a6e0af00698935ad158b..1f46f1cd9225c3c0d2a894bc80d3d1e74fe012e7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
@@ -364,14 +364,12 @@ unsigned long tpm_calc_ordinal_duration(struct tpm_chip *chip,
 		    tpm_protected_ordinal_duration[ordinal &
 						   TPM_PROTECTED_ORDINAL_MASK];
 
-	if (duration_idx != TPM_UNDEFINED) {
+	if (duration_idx != TPM_UNDEFINED)
 		duration = chip->vendor.duration[duration_idx];
-		/* if duration is 0, it's because chip->vendor.duration wasn't */
-		/* filled yet, so we set the lowest timeout just to give enough */
-		/* time for tpm_get_timeouts() to succeed */
-		return (duration <= 0 ? HZ : duration);
-	} else
+	if (duration <= 0)
 		return 2 * 60 * HZ;
+	else
+		return duration;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_calc_ordinal_duration);