diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/scx200_acb.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/scx200_acb.c
index 42e4e00d6c327275548ca6a1a829c5d3b1914f3d..a140e4536a4ee277fb7fe89e46fa9fdac847debf 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/scx200_acb.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/scx200_acb.c
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ static void scx200_acb_machine(struct scx200_acb_iface *iface, u8 status)
 
 		outb(inb(ACBCTL1) | ACBCTL1_STOP, ACBCTL1);
 		outb(ACBST_STASTR | ACBST_NEGACK, ACBST);
+
+		/* Reset the status register */
+		outb(0, ACBST);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -228,6 +231,10 @@ static void scx200_acb_poll(struct scx200_acb_iface *iface)
 	timeout = jiffies + POLL_TIMEOUT;
 	while (time_before(jiffies, timeout)) {
 		status = inb(ACBST);
+
+		/* Reset the status register to avoid the hang */
+		outb(0, ACBST);
+
 		if ((status & (ACBST_SDAST|ACBST_BER|ACBST_NEGACK)) != 0) {
 			scx200_acb_machine(iface, status);
 			return;