diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_helpers.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_helpers.c
index bc0bfa9586ee9a9eb5df90e5c76fb2f70649e32c..5b096be44e596495b49a16aca3c38cf2961dc940 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_helpers.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_helpers.c
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ bool dm_helpers_submit_i2c(
 		return false;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
-		msgs[i].flags = cmd->payloads[i].write ? I2C_M_RD : 0;
+		msgs[i].flags = cmd->payloads[i].write ? 0 : I2C_M_RD;
 		msgs[i].addr = cmd->payloads[i].address;
 		msgs[i].len = cmd->payloads[i].length;
 		msgs[i].buf = cmd->payloads[i].data;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_types.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_types.c
index df7cc463b94634405574b7e951034238611d2241..c09af2b3350c8d8e715452d44a2f6dd382ca6547 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_types.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_types.c
@@ -1948,7 +1948,7 @@ int amdgpu_dm_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *i2c_adap,
 	cmd.speed = 100;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
-		cmd.payloads[i].write = (msgs[i].flags & I2C_M_RD);
+		cmd.payloads[i].write = !(msgs[i].flags & I2C_M_RD);
 		cmd.payloads[i].address = msgs[i].addr;
 		cmd.payloads[i].length = msgs[i].len;
 		cmd.payloads[i].data = msgs[i].buf;