struct spi_transfer *tfr)
 {
        struct sun4i_spi *sspi = spi_controller_get_devdata(host);
-       unsigned int mclk_rate, div, timeout;
+       unsigned int mclk_rate, div;
+       unsigned long time_left;
        unsigned int start, end, tx_time;
        unsigned int tx_len = 0;
        int ret = 0;
 
        tx_time = max(tfr->len * 8 * 2 / (tfr->speed_hz / 1000), 100U);
        start = jiffies;
-       timeout = wait_for_completion_timeout(&sspi->done,
-                                             msecs_to_jiffies(tx_time));
+       time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&sspi->done,
+                                               msecs_to_jiffies(tx_time));
        end = jiffies;
-       if (!timeout) {
+       if (!time_left) {
                dev_warn(&host->dev,
                         "%s: timeout transferring %u bytes@%iHz for %i(%i)ms",
                         dev_name(&spi->dev), tfr->len, tfr->speed_hz,