diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c b/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c
index 68c8fbf099f87c3205b15908b520c2a57fc94c7a..8807a806cc47f304bb3c5197dba54e2935cdee14 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ static int sfp_i2c_read(struct sfp *sfp, bool a2, u8 dev_addr, void *buf,
 {
 	struct i2c_msg msgs[2];
 	u8 bus_addr = a2 ? 0x51 : 0x50;
+	size_t this_len;
 	int ret;
 
 	msgs[0].addr = bus_addr;
@@ -291,11 +292,26 @@ static int sfp_i2c_read(struct sfp *sfp, bool a2, u8 dev_addr, void *buf,
 	msgs[1].len = len;
 	msgs[1].buf = buf;
 
-	ret = i2c_transfer(sfp->i2c, msgs, ARRAY_SIZE(msgs));
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+	while (len) {
+		this_len = len;
+		if (this_len > 16)
+			this_len = 16;
 
-	return ret == ARRAY_SIZE(msgs) ? len : 0;
+		msgs[1].len = this_len;
+
+		ret = i2c_transfer(sfp->i2c, msgs, ARRAY_SIZE(msgs));
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		if (ret != ARRAY_SIZE(msgs))
+			break;
+
+		msgs[1].buf += this_len;
+		dev_addr += this_len;
+		len -= this_len;
+	}
+
+	return msgs[1].buf - (u8 *)buf;
 }
 
 static int sfp_i2c_write(struct sfp *sfp, bool a2, u8 dev_addr, void *buf,