diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
index 1ed15af46542688f14a0d9d1a427e7a6d9d13613..9fcb13beeb8f477ae78a085440896ccea06ce371 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 #define I2C_ERR_NO_ACK				BIT(0)
 #define I2C_ERR_ARBITRATION_LOST		BIT(1)
 #define I2C_ERR_UNKNOWN_INTERRUPT		BIT(2)
+#define I2C_ERR_RX_BUFFER_OVERFLOW		BIT(3)
 
 #define PACKET_HEADER0_HEADER_SIZE_SHIFT	28
 #define PACKET_HEADER0_PACKET_ID_SHIFT		16
@@ -489,6 +490,13 @@ static int tegra_i2c_empty_rx_fifo(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
 	size_t buf_remaining = i2c_dev->msg_buf_remaining;
 	int words_to_transfer;
 
+	/*
+	 * Catch overflow due to message fully sent
+	 * before the check for RX FIFO availability.
+	 */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(i2c_dev->msg_buf_remaining)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (i2c_dev->hw->has_mst_fifo) {
 		val = i2c_readl(i2c_dev, I2C_MST_FIFO_STATUS);
 		rx_fifo_avail = (val & I2C_MST_FIFO_STATUS_RX_MASK) >>
@@ -515,7 +523,11 @@ static int tegra_i2c_empty_rx_fifo(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
 	 * prevent overwriting past the end of buf
 	 */
 	if (rx_fifo_avail > 0 && buf_remaining > 0) {
-		BUG_ON(buf_remaining > 3);
+		/*
+		 * buf_remaining > 3 check not needed as rx_fifo_avail == 0
+		 * when (words_to_transfer was > rx_fifo_avail) earlier
+		 * in this function.
+		 */
 		val = i2c_readl(i2c_dev, I2C_RX_FIFO);
 		val = cpu_to_le32(val);
 		memcpy(buf, &val, buf_remaining);
@@ -523,7 +535,10 @@ static int tegra_i2c_empty_rx_fifo(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
 		rx_fifo_avail--;
 	}
 
-	BUG_ON(rx_fifo_avail > 0 && buf_remaining > 0);
+	/* RX FIFO must be drained, otherwise it's an Overflow case. */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(rx_fifo_avail))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	i2c_dev->msg_buf_remaining = buf_remaining;
 	i2c_dev->msg_buf = buf;
 
@@ -581,7 +596,11 @@ static int tegra_i2c_fill_tx_fifo(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
 	 * boundary and fault.
 	 */
 	if (tx_fifo_avail > 0 && buf_remaining > 0) {
-		BUG_ON(buf_remaining > 3);
+		/*
+		 * buf_remaining > 3 check not needed as tx_fifo_avail == 0
+		 * when (words_to_transfer was > tx_fifo_avail) earlier
+		 * in this function for non-zero words_to_transfer.
+		 */
 		memcpy(&val, buf, buf_remaining);
 		val = le32_to_cpu(val);
 
@@ -847,10 +866,15 @@ static irqreturn_t tegra_i2c_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 	if (!i2c_dev->is_curr_dma_xfer) {
 		if (i2c_dev->msg_read && (status & I2C_INT_RX_FIFO_DATA_REQ)) {
-			if (i2c_dev->msg_buf_remaining)
-				tegra_i2c_empty_rx_fifo(i2c_dev);
-			else
-				BUG();
+			if (tegra_i2c_empty_rx_fifo(i2c_dev)) {
+				/*
+				 * Overflow error condition: message fully sent,
+				 * with no XFER_COMPLETE interrupt but hardware
+				 * asks to transfer more.
+				 */
+				i2c_dev->msg_err |= I2C_ERR_RX_BUFFER_OVERFLOW;
+				goto err;
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (!i2c_dev->msg_read && (status & I2C_INT_TX_FIFO_DATA_REQ)) {
@@ -876,7 +900,14 @@ static irqreturn_t tegra_i2c_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	if (status & I2C_INT_PACKET_XFER_COMPLETE) {
 		if (i2c_dev->is_curr_dma_xfer)
 			i2c_dev->msg_buf_remaining = 0;
-		BUG_ON(i2c_dev->msg_buf_remaining);
+		/*
+		 * Underflow error condition: XFER_COMPLETE before message
+		 * fully sent.
+		 */
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(i2c_dev->msg_buf_remaining)) {
+			i2c_dev->msg_err |= I2C_ERR_UNKNOWN_INTERRUPT;
+			goto err;
+		}
 		complete(&i2c_dev->msg_complete);
 	}
 	goto done;