Here we don't have to write SMBHSTCNT in each iteration of the loop. Bit SMBHSTCNT_START is internally cleared immediately, therefore we don't have to touch the value of SMBHSTCNT until the last byte. Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c index 7641bd0ac..e1350a8cc 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c @@ -677,11 +677,11 @@ static int i801_block_transaction_byte_by_byte(struct i801_priv *priv, for (i = 1; i <= len; i++) { if (i == len && read_write == I2C_SMBUS_READ) smbcmd |= SMBHSTCNT_LAST_BYTE; - outb_p(smbcmd, SMBHSTCNT(priv)); if (i == 1) - outb_p(inb(SMBHSTCNT(priv)) | SMBHSTCNT_START, - SMBHSTCNT(priv)); + outb_p(smbcmd | SMBHSTCNT_START, SMBHSTCNT(priv)); + else if (smbcmd & SMBHSTCNT_LAST_BYTE) + outb_p(smbcmd, SMBHSTCNT(priv)); status = i801_wait_byte_done(priv); if (status) -- 2.39.2