diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-rcar.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-rcar.txt
index 5f0cb502b1db8908d6891c2204df45cf938b15d3..239632a0d709e7ad176914df526902f332d082ce 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-rcar.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-rcar.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Required properties:
 	"renesas,i2c-r8a7793"
 	"renesas,i2c-r8a7794"
 	"renesas,i2c-r8a7795"
+	"renesas,i2c-r8a7796"
 - reg: physical base address of the controller and length of memory mapped
   region.
 - interrupts: interrupt specifier.
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rcar.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rcar.c
index 400e344704d2731da6e847210e7cbe984439ebe1..7f284121e9642248089b4008ec2dde3e4be4c6a8 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rcar.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rcar.c
@@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id rcar_i2c_dt_ids[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "renesas,i2c-r8a7793", .data = (void *)I2C_RCAR_GEN2 },
 	{ .compatible = "renesas,i2c-r8a7794", .data = (void *)I2C_RCAR_GEN2 },
 	{ .compatible = "renesas,i2c-r8a7795", .data = (void *)I2C_RCAR_GEN3 },
+	{ .compatible = "renesas,i2c-r8a7796", .data = (void *)I2C_RCAR_GEN3 },
 	{},
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, rcar_i2c_dt_ids);