diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
index 608038d64f81e7b6f0856fcad9b2faeae6fa830e..17476ecd97829ccf1849ee253f7d992da0d7dab7 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
@@ -328,8 +328,12 @@ static int omap_i2c_xfer_msg(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
 		w |= OMAP_I2C_CON_STP;
 	omap_i2c_write_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_CON_REG, w);
 
-	r = wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(&dev->cmd_complete,
-						      OMAP_I2C_TIMEOUT);
+	/*
+	 * REVISIT: We should abort the transfer on signals, but the bus goes
+	 * into arbitration and we're currently unable to recover from it.
+	 */
+	r = wait_for_completion_timeout(&dev->cmd_complete,
+					OMAP_I2C_TIMEOUT);
 	dev->buf_len = 0;
 	if (r < 0)
 		return r;