diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c
index 456bd7416876..85737e6f5b62 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
+#include <linux/iopoll.h>
 #include <linux/crc32.h>
 #include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
 #include <linux/of_platform.h>
@@ -108,7 +109,8 @@ int qe_issue_cmd(u32 cmd, u32 device, u8 mcn_protocol, u32 cmd_input)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	u8 mcn_shift = 0, dev_shift = 0;
-	u32 ret;
+	u32 val;
+	int ret;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&qe_lock, flags);
 	if (cmd == QE_RESET) {
@@ -135,13 +137,12 @@ int qe_issue_cmd(u32 cmd, u32 device, u8 mcn_protocol, u32 cmd_input)
 	}
 
 	/* wait for the QE_CR_FLG to clear */
-	ret = spin_event_timeout((qe_ioread32be(&qe_immr->cp.cecr) & QE_CR_FLG) == 0,
-				 100, 0);
-	/* On timeout (e.g. failure), the expression will be false (ret == 0),
-	   otherwise it will be true (ret == 1). */
+	ret = readx_poll_timeout_atomic(qe_ioread32be, &qe_immr->cp.cecr, val,
+					(val & QE_CR_FLG) == 0, 0, 100);
+	/* On timeout, ret is -ETIMEDOUT, otherwise it will be 0. */
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qe_lock, flags);
 
-	return ret == 1;
+	return ret == 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(qe_issue_cmd);