diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/st1232.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/st1232.c
index b4e7bcbe9b91d..885f0572488dd 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/st1232.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/st1232.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int st1232_ts_wait_ready(struct st1232_ts_data *ts)
 
 	for (retries = 10; retries; retries--) {
 		error = st1232_ts_read_data(ts, REG_STATUS, 1);
-		if (!error && ts->read_buf[0] == (STATUS_NORMAL | ERROR_NONE))
+		if (!error && ts->read_buf[0] == (STATUS_NORMAL | STATUS_IDLE | ERROR_NONE))
 			return 0;
 
 		usleep_range(1000, 2000);