diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master/svc-i3c-master.c b/drivers/i3c/master/svc-i3c-master.c
index 2b2b9c948167..7e83a02573b9 100644
--- a/drivers/i3c/master/svc-i3c-master.c
+++ b/drivers/i3c/master/svc-i3c-master.c
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ static int svc_i3c_master_handle_ibi(struct svc_i3c_master *master,
 	struct i3c_ibi_slot *slot;
 	unsigned int count;
 	u32 mdatactrl;
+	int ret, val;
 	u8 *buf;
 
 	slot = i3c_generic_ibi_get_free_slot(data->ibi_pool);
@@ -342,6 +343,13 @@ static int svc_i3c_master_handle_ibi(struct svc_i3c_master *master,
 	slot->len = 0;
 	buf = slot->data;
 
+	ret = readl_relaxed_poll_timeout(master->regs + SVC_I3C_MSTATUS, val,
+						SVC_I3C_MSTATUS_COMPLETE(val), 0, 1000);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(master->dev, "Timeout when polling for COMPLETE\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	while (SVC_I3C_MSTATUS_RXPEND(readl(master->regs + SVC_I3C_MSTATUS))  &&
 	       slot->len < SVC_I3C_FIFO_SIZE) {
 		mdatactrl = readl(master->regs + SVC_I3C_MDATACTRL);