return (status & ACPI_EC_FLAG_IBF) == 0;
 }
 
+static int ec_wait_ibf0(struct acpi_ec *ec)
+{
+       unsigned long delay = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(ACPI_EC_DELAY);
+       /* interrupt wait manually if GPE mode is not active */
+       unsigned long timeout = test_bit(EC_FLAGS_GPE_MODE, &ec->flags) ?
+               msecs_to_jiffies(ACPI_EC_DELAY) : msecs_to_jiffies(1);
+       while (time_before(jiffies, delay))
+               if (wait_event_timeout(ec->wait, ec_check_ibf0(ec), timeout))
+                       return 0;
+       return -ETIME;
+}
+
 static int acpi_ec_transaction(struct acpi_ec *ec, struct transaction *t,
                               int force_poll)
 {
                        goto unlock;
                }
        }
-       if (!wait_event_timeout(ec->wait, ec_check_ibf0(ec),
-                               msecs_to_jiffies(ACPI_EC_DELAY))) {
+       if (ec_wait_ibf0(ec)) {
                pr_err(PREFIX "input buffer is not empty, "
                                "aborting transaction\n");
                status = -ETIME;