diff --git a/drivers/media/cec/core/cec-adap.c b/drivers/media/cec/core/cec-adap.c
index a493cbce2456..da09834990b8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/cec/core/cec-adap.c
+++ b/drivers/media/cec/core/cec-adap.c
@@ -490,6 +490,15 @@ int cec_thread_func(void *_adap)
 			goto unlock;
 		}
 
+		if (adap->transmit_in_progress &&
+		    adap->transmit_in_progress_aborted) {
+			if (adap->transmitting)
+				cec_data_cancel(adap->transmitting,
+						CEC_TX_STATUS_ABORTED, 0);
+			adap->transmit_in_progress = false;
+			adap->transmit_in_progress_aborted = false;
+			goto unlock;
+		}
 		if (adap->transmit_in_progress && timeout) {
 			/*
 			 * If we timeout, then log that. Normally this does
@@ -771,6 +780,7 @@ int cec_transmit_msg_fh(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct cec_msg *msg,
 {
 	struct cec_data *data;
 	bool is_raw = msg_is_raw(msg);
+	int err;
 
 	if (adap->devnode.unregistered)
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -935,10 +945,13 @@ int cec_transmit_msg_fh(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct cec_msg *msg,
 	 * Release the lock and wait, retake the lock afterwards.
 	 */
 	mutex_unlock(&adap->lock);
-	wait_for_completion_killable(&data->c);
+	err = wait_for_completion_killable(&data->c);
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&data->work);
 	mutex_lock(&adap->lock);
 
+	if (err)
+		adap->transmit_in_progress_aborted = true;
+
 	/* Cancel the transmit if it was interrupted */
 	if (!data->completed) {
 		if (data->msg.tx_status & CEC_TX_STATUS_OK)