{\r
                /* Send the SLDCS command to read the TPI STATUS register to see the NVM bus is active */\r
                XPROGTarget_SendByte(TPI_CMD_SLDCS | TPI_STATUS_REG);\r
-               if (XPROGTarget_ReceiveByte() & TPI_STATUS_NVM)\r
+\r
+               uint8_t StatusRegister = XPROGTarget_ReceiveByte();\r
+\r
+               /* We might have timed out waiting for the status register read response, check here */\r
+               if (!(TimeoutMSRemaining))\r
+                 return false;\r
+\r
+               /* Check the status register read response to see if the NVM bus is enabled */\r
+               if (StatusRegister & TPI_STATUS_NVM)\r
                {\r
                        TimeoutMSRemaining = COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS;\r
                        return true;\r
                /* Send the SIN command to read the TPI STATUS register to see the NVM bus is busy */\r
                TINYNVM_SendReadNVMRegister(XPROG_Param_NVMCSRRegAddr);\r
 \r
+               uint8_t StatusRegister = XPROGTarget_ReceiveByte();\r
+\r
+               /* We might have timed out waiting for the status register read response, check here */\r
+               if (!(TimeoutMSRemaining))\r
+                 return false;\r
+\r
                /* Check to see if the BUSY flag is still set */\r
-               if (!(XPROGTarget_ReceiveByte() & (1 << 7)))\r
+               if (!(StatusRegister & (1 << 7)))\r
                {\r
                        TimeoutMSRemaining = COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS;\r
                        return true;\r