diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master/svc-i3c-master.c b/drivers/i3c/master/svc-i3c-master.c
index 18843e07d175..b192a8b91e5d 100644
--- a/drivers/i3c/master/svc-i3c-master.c
+++ b/drivers/i3c/master/svc-i3c-master.c
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 #define SVC_I3C_MINTMASKED   0x098
 #define SVC_I3C_MERRWARN     0x09C
 #define   SVC_I3C_MERRWARN_NACK BIT(2)
+#define   SVC_I3C_MERRWARN_TIMEOUT BIT(20)
 #define SVC_I3C_MDMACTRL     0x0A0
 #define SVC_I3C_MDATACTRL    0x0AC
 #define   SVC_I3C_MDATACTRL_FLUSHTB BIT(0)
@@ -227,6 +228,14 @@ static bool svc_i3c_master_error(struct svc_i3c_master *master)
 	if (SVC_I3C_MSTATUS_ERRWARN(mstatus)) {
 		merrwarn = readl(master->regs + SVC_I3C_MERRWARN);
 		writel(merrwarn, master->regs + SVC_I3C_MERRWARN);
+
+		/* Ignore timeout error */
+		if (merrwarn & SVC_I3C_MERRWARN_TIMEOUT) {
+			dev_dbg(master->dev, "Warning condition: MSTATUS 0x%08x, MERRWARN 0x%08x\n",
+				mstatus, merrwarn);
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		dev_err(master->dev,
 			"Error condition: MSTATUS 0x%08x, MERRWARN 0x%08x\n",
 			mstatus, merrwarn);