diff --git a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
index 1c86c97688e9..d965382196c6 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
@@ -726,12 +726,15 @@ static int i2c_hid_parse(struct hid_device *hid)
 	mutex_lock(&ihid->reset_lock);
 	do {
 		ret = i2c_hid_start_hwreset(ihid);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret == 0)
+			ret = i2c_hid_finish_hwreset(ihid);
+		else
 			msleep(1000);
 	} while (tries-- > 0 && ret);
+	mutex_unlock(&ihid->reset_lock);
 
 	if (ret)
-		goto abort_reset;
+		return ret;
 
 	use_override = i2c_hid_get_dmi_hid_report_desc_override(client->name,
 								&rsize);
@@ -741,11 +744,8 @@ static int i2c_hid_parse(struct hid_device *hid)
 		i2c_hid_dbg(ihid, "Using a HID report descriptor override\n");
 	} else {
 		rdesc = kzalloc(rsize, GFP_KERNEL);
-
-		if (!rdesc) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto abort_reset;
-		}
+		if (!rdesc)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 
 		i2c_hid_dbg(ihid, "asking HID report descriptor\n");
 
@@ -754,23 +754,10 @@ static int i2c_hid_parse(struct hid_device *hid)
 					    rdesc, rsize);
 		if (ret) {
 			hid_err(hid, "reading report descriptor failed\n");
-			goto abort_reset;
+			goto out;
 		}
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Windows directly reads the report-descriptor after sending reset
-	 * and then waits for resets completion afterwards. Some touchpads
-	 * actually wait for the report-descriptor to be read before signalling
-	 * reset completion.
-	 */
-	ret = i2c_hid_finish_hwreset(ihid);
-abort_reset:
-	clear_bit(I2C_HID_RESET_PENDING, &ihid->flags);
-	mutex_unlock(&ihid->reset_lock);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out;
-
 	i2c_hid_dbg(ihid, "Report Descriptor: %*ph\n", rsize, rdesc);
 
 	ret = hid_parse_report(hid, rdesc, rsize);