diff --git a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
index eb8f72ca02f45cfe954da3a1240e5a18fdd5d2bd..d420cc5f563313d81f1b0d2e816a9d44c98819ca 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
@@ -604,9 +604,7 @@ static int i2c_bit_prepare_bus(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 
 	/* register new adapter to i2c module... */
 	adap->algo = &i2c_bit_algo;
-
-	adap->timeout = 100;	/* default values, should	*/
-	adap->retries = 3;	/* be replaced by defines	*/
+	adap->retries = 3;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pcf.c b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pcf.c
index d31147e1077434a8cee051950df6ce92b0df3089..7ce75775ec73d3ccd68b988ae791a7e8bf89c436 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pcf.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pcf.c
@@ -423,7 +423,6 @@ int i2c_pcf_add_bus(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 
 	/* register new adapter to i2c module... */
 	adap->algo = &pcf_algo;
-	adap->timeout = 100;
 
 	if ((rval = pcf_init_8584(pcf_adap)))
 		return rval;
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 456caa80bfd3ba369ee279d0356fcdaa6dcadbdb..e361033815d3ffe8cb2e537d2b39862051ea308c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -459,6 +459,11 @@ static int i2c_register_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 		pr_debug("I2C adapter driver [%s] forgot to specify "
 			 "physical device\n", adap->name);
 	}
+
+	/* Set default timeout to 1 second if not already set */
+	if (adap->timeout == 0)
+		adap->timeout = HZ;
+
 	dev_set_name(&adap->dev, "i2c-%d", adap->nr);
 	adap->dev.release = &i2c_adapter_dev_release;
 	adap->dev.class = &i2c_adapter_class;