diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c
index 63f3f03ecc9b069f899eccbe9524168bbef3656c..c604f4c3ac0dd53d036e28d839f81a87dbfea913 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@
 #define CDNS_I2C_DIVA_MAX	4
 #define CDNS_I2C_DIVB_MAX	64
 
+#define CDNS_I2C_TIMEOUT_MAX	0xFF
+
 #define cdns_i2c_readreg(offset)       readl_relaxed(id->membase + offset)
 #define cdns_i2c_writereg(val, offset) writel_relaxed(val, id->membase + offset)
 
@@ -852,6 +854,15 @@ static int cdns_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_clk_dis;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Cadence I2C controller has a bug wherein it generates
+	 * invalid read transaction after HW timeout in master receiver mode.
+	 * HW timeout is not used by this driver and the interrupt is disabled.
+	 * But the feature itself cannot be disabled. Hence maximum value
+	 * is written to this register to reduce the chances of error.
+	 */
+	cdns_i2c_writereg(CDNS_I2C_TIMEOUT_MAX, CDNS_I2C_TIME_OUT_OFFSET);
+
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "%u kHz mmio %08lx irq %d\n",
 		 id->i2c_clk / 1000, (unsigned long)r_mem->start, id->irq);