diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c b/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
index 5ac5cb885552..97f3a4d3c31a 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ static int tegra_qspi_combined_seq_xfer(struct tegra_qspi *tqspi,
 					(&tqspi->xfer_completion,
 					QSPI_DMA_TIMEOUT);
 
-			if (WARN_ON(ret == 0)) {
+			if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ret == 0)) {
 				dev_err(tqspi->dev, "QSPI Transfer failed with timeout: %d\n",
 					ret);
 				if (tqspi->is_curr_dma_xfer &&