diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c
index aa7f7aa7729716..a7404d69b2d32b 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c
@@ -279,6 +279,15 @@ static int cros_ec_host_command_proto_query(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
 	msg->insize = sizeof(struct ec_response_get_protocol_info);
 
 	ret = send_command(ec_dev, msg);
+	/*
+	 * Send command once again when timeout occurred.
+	 * Fingerprint MCU (FPMCU) is restarted during system boot which
+	 * introduces small window in which FPMCU won't respond for any
+	 * messages sent by kernel. There is no need to wait before next
+	 * attempt because we waited at least EC_MSG_DEADLINE_MS.
+	 */
+	if (ret == -ETIMEDOUT)
+		ret = send_command(ec_dev, msg);
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_dbg(ec_dev->dev,