diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
index c56cc350c9cfc0d2672c27706a4bf7cd4db2e13c..cab879fedf3caf229fd3f142ae1c4845184a0175 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ gmbus_xfer_read(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, struct i2c_msg *msg,
 		   (len << GMBUS_BYTE_COUNT_SHIFT) |
 		   (msg->addr << GMBUS_SLAVE_ADDR_SHIFT) |
 		   GMBUS_SLAVE_READ | GMBUS_SW_RDY);
-	POSTING_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset);
 	do {
 		int ret;
 		u32 val, loop = 0;
@@ -261,7 +260,6 @@ gmbus_xfer_write(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, struct i2c_msg *msg)
 		   (msg->len << GMBUS_BYTE_COUNT_SHIFT) |
 		   (msg->addr << GMBUS_SLAVE_ADDR_SHIFT) |
 		   GMBUS_SLAVE_WRITE | GMBUS_SW_RDY);
-	POSTING_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset);
 	while (len) {
 		int ret;
 		u32 gmbus2;
@@ -272,7 +270,6 @@ gmbus_xfer_write(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, struct i2c_msg *msg)
 		} while (--len && ++loop < 4);
 
 		I915_WRITE(GMBUS3 + reg_offset, val);
-		POSTING_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset);
 
 		ret = wait_for((gmbus2 = I915_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset)) &
 			       (GMBUS_SATOER | GMBUS_HW_RDY),