diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c b/drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c
index 611c22b72c15..0c370672a4fc 100644
--- a/drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c
+++ b/drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ static int dw_i3c_master_i2c_xfers(struct i2c_dev_desc *dev,
 	}
 
 	dw_i3c_master_enqueue_xfer(master, xfer);
-	if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&xfer->comp, XFER_TIMEOUT))
+	if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&xfer->comp, m->i2c.timeout))
 		dw_i3c_master_dequeue_xfer(master, xfer);
 
 	ret = xfer->ret;