diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c.txt
index 5fa691e6f6388320acd4199995ef0072e9e70faa..cee9d5055fa27c7593f5a9da09661c4f7eed9647 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ wants to support one of the below features, it should adapt the bindings below.
 	"irq" and "wakeup" names are recognized by I2C core, other names are
 	left to individual drivers.
 
+- host-notify
+	device uses SMBus host notify protocol instead of interrupt line.
+
 - multi-master
 	states that there is another master active on this bus. The OS can use
 	this information to adapt power management to keep the arbitration awake
@@ -81,6 +84,11 @@ Binding may contain optional "interrupts" property, describing interrupts
 used by the device. I2C core will assign "irq" interrupt (or the very first
 interrupt if not using interrupt names) as primary interrupt for the slave.
 
+Alternatively, devices supporting SMbus Host Notify, and connected to
+adapters that support this feature, may use "host-notify" property. I2C
+core will create a virtual interrupt for Host Notify and assign it as
+primary interrupt for the slave.
+
 Also, if device is marked as a wakeup source, I2C core will set up "wakeup"
 interrupt for the device. If "wakeup" interrupt name is not present in the
 binding, then primary interrupt will be used as wakeup interrupt.
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4.c
index c2268cdf38e82348ae883c99d1f140a7fc2d0ecc..e34d82e79b988a781010cad1e0f283617dfb8471 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4.c
@@ -585,10 +585,29 @@ static s32 piix4_access_sb800(struct i2c_adapter *adap, u16 addr,
 		 u8 command, int size, union i2c_smbus_data *data)
 {
 	struct i2c_piix4_adapdata *adapdata = i2c_get_adapdata(adap);
+	unsigned short piix4_smba = adapdata->smba;
+	int retries = MAX_TIMEOUT;
+	int smbslvcnt;
 	u8 smba_en_lo;
 	u8 port;
 	int retval;
 
+	/* Request the SMBUS semaphore, avoid conflicts with the IMC */
+	smbslvcnt  = inb_p(SMBSLVCNT);
+	do {
+		outb_p(smbslvcnt | 0x10, SMBSLVCNT);
+
+		/* Check the semaphore status */
+		smbslvcnt  = inb_p(SMBSLVCNT);
+		if (smbslvcnt & 0x10)
+			break;
+
+		usleep_range(1000, 2000);
+	} while (--retries);
+	/* SMBus is still owned by the IMC, we give up */
+	if (!retries)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
 	mutex_lock(&piix4_mutex_sb800);
 
 	outb_p(piix4_port_sel_sb800, SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX);
@@ -606,6 +625,9 @@ static s32 piix4_access_sb800(struct i2c_adapter *adap, u16 addr,
 
 	mutex_unlock(&piix4_mutex_sb800);
 
+	/* Release the semaphore */
+	outb_p(smbslvcnt | 0x20, SMBSLVCNT);
+
 	return retval;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index cf9e396d7702c6c769e2106a6938f90c6ddbb7a9..583e95042a21d86fe235d2e9784a1f6a6723205b 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -931,7 +931,10 @@ static int i2c_device_probe(struct device *dev)
 	if (!client->irq) {
 		int irq = -ENOENT;
 
-		if (dev->of_node) {
+		if (client->flags & I2C_CLIENT_HOST_NOTIFY) {
+			dev_dbg(dev, "Using Host Notify IRQ\n");
+			irq = i2c_smbus_host_notify_to_irq(client);
+		} else if (dev->of_node) {
 			irq = of_irq_get_byname(dev->of_node, "irq");
 			if (irq == -EINVAL || irq == -ENODATA)
 				irq = of_irq_get(dev->of_node, 0);
@@ -940,14 +943,7 @@ static int i2c_device_probe(struct device *dev)
 		}
 		if (irq == -EPROBE_DEFER)
 			return irq;
-		/*
-		 * ACPI and OF did not find any useful IRQ, try to see
-		 * if Host Notify can be used.
-		 */
-		if (irq < 0) {
-			dev_dbg(dev, "Using Host Notify IRQ\n");
-			irq = i2c_smbus_host_notify_to_irq(client);
-		}
+
 		if (irq < 0)
 			irq = 0;
 
@@ -1708,7 +1704,7 @@ static struct i2c_client *of_i2c_register_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
 
 	if (i2c_check_addr_validity(addr, info.flags)) {
 		dev_err(&adap->dev, "of_i2c: invalid addr=%x on %s\n",
-			info.addr, node->full_name);
+			addr, node->full_name);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
@@ -1716,6 +1712,9 @@ static struct i2c_client *of_i2c_register_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
 	info.of_node = of_node_get(node);
 	info.archdata = &dev_ad;
 
+	if (of_property_read_bool(node, "host-notify"))
+		info.flags |= I2C_CLIENT_HOST_NOTIFY;
+
 	if (of_get_property(node, "wakeup-source", NULL))
 		info.flags |= I2C_CLIENT_WAKE;
 
@@ -3633,7 +3632,7 @@ int i2c_slave_register(struct i2c_client *client, i2c_slave_cb_t slave_cb)
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!client || !slave_cb) {
-		WARN(1, "insufficent data\n");
+		WARN(1, "insufficient data\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
index 66f323fd39826ebe9a738d55724ee2e124b45419..6f638bbc922db4fd366e1e3dcdd11c8655215622 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static noinline int i2cdev_ioctl_smbus(struct i2c_client *client,
 		unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct i2c_smbus_ioctl_data data_arg;
-	union i2c_smbus_data temp;
+	union i2c_smbus_data temp = {};
 	int datasize, res;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&data_arg,
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index b2109c522dec0726d6e6e390358a79be4bcdf891..4b45ec46161fd66d6e7fd32f53dd71b8ac1cab42 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -665,6 +665,7 @@ i2c_unlock_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
 #define I2C_CLIENT_TEN		0x10	/* we have a ten bit chip address */
 					/* Must equal I2C_M_TEN below */
 #define I2C_CLIENT_SLAVE	0x20	/* we are the slave */
+#define I2C_CLIENT_HOST_NOTIFY	0x40	/* We want to use I2C host notify */
 #define I2C_CLIENT_WAKE		0x80	/* for board_info; true iff can wake */
 #define I2C_CLIENT_SCCB		0x9000	/* Use Omnivision SCCB protocol */
 					/* Must match I2C_M_STOP|IGNORE_NAK */