diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c
index 63f3f03..5f5d4fa 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
  * @suspended:		Flag holding the device's PM status
  * @send_count:		Number of bytes still expected to send
  * @recv_count:		Number of bytes still expected to receive
+ * @curr_recv_count:	Number of bytes to be received in current transfer
  * @irq:		IRQ number
  * @input_clk:		Input clock to I2C controller
  * @i2c_clk:		Maximum I2C clock speed
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ struct cdns_i2c {
 	u8 suspended;
 	unsigned int send_count;
 	unsigned int recv_count;
+	unsigned int curr_recv_count;
 	int irq;
 	unsigned long input_clk;
 	unsigned int i2c_clk;
@@ -180,14 +182,15 @@ static void cdns_i2c_clear_bus_hold(struct cdns_i2c *id)
  */
 static irqreturn_t cdns_i2c_isr(int irq, void *ptr)
 {
-	unsigned int isr_status, avail_bytes;
-	unsigned int bytes_to_recv, bytes_to_send;
+	unsigned int isr_status, avail_bytes, updatetx;
+	unsigned int bytes_to_send;
 	struct cdns_i2c *id = ptr;
 	/* Signal completion only after everything is updated */
 	int done_flag = 0;
 	irqreturn_t status = IRQ_NONE;
 
 	isr_status = cdns_i2c_readreg(CDNS_I2C_ISR_OFFSET);
+	cdns_i2c_writereg(isr_status, CDNS_I2C_ISR_OFFSET);
 
 	/* Handling nack and arbitration lost interrupt */
 	if (isr_status & (CDNS_I2C_IXR_NACK | CDNS_I2C_IXR_ARB_LOST)) {
@@ -195,89 +198,112 @@ static irqreturn_t cdns_i2c_isr(int irq, void *ptr)
 		status = IRQ_HANDLED;
 	}
 
-	/* Handling Data interrupt */
-	if ((isr_status & CDNS_I2C_IXR_DATA) &&
-			(id->recv_count >= CDNS_I2C_DATA_INTR_DEPTH)) {
-		/* Always read data interrupt threshold bytes */
-		bytes_to_recv = CDNS_I2C_DATA_INTR_DEPTH;
-		id->recv_count -= CDNS_I2C_DATA_INTR_DEPTH;
-		avail_bytes = cdns_i2c_readreg(CDNS_I2C_XFER_SIZE_OFFSET);
-
-		/*
-		 * if the tranfer size register value is zero, then
-		 * check for the remaining bytes and update the
-		 * transfer size register.
-		 */
-		if (!avail_bytes) {
-			if (id->recv_count > CDNS_I2C_TRANSFER_SIZE)
-				cdns_i2c_writereg(CDNS_I2C_TRANSFER_SIZE,
-						CDNS_I2C_XFER_SIZE_OFFSET);
-			else
-				cdns_i2c_writereg(id->recv_count,
-						CDNS_I2C_XFER_SIZE_OFFSET);
-		}
+	/*
+	 * Check if transfer size register needs to be updated again for a
+	 * large data receive operation.
+	 */
+	updatetx = 0;
+	if (id->recv_count > id->curr_recv_count)
+		updatetx = 1;
+
+	/* When receiving, handle data interrupt and completion interrupt */
+	if (id->p_recv_buf &&
+	    ((isr_status & CDNS_I2C_IXR_COMP) ||
+	     (isr_status & CDNS_I2C_IXR_DATA))) {
+		/* Read data if receive data valid is set */
+		while (cdns_i2c_readreg(CDNS_I2C_SR_OFFSET) &
+		       CDNS_I2C_SR_RXDV) {
+			/*
+			 * Clear hold bit that was set for FIFO control if
+			 * RX data left is less than FIFO depth, unless
+			 * repeated start is selected.
+			 */
+			if ((id->recv_count < CDNS_I2C_FIFO_DEPTH) &&
+			    !id->bus_hold_flag)
+				cdns_i2c_clear_bus_hold(id);
 
-		/* Process the data received */
-		while (bytes_to_recv--)
 			*(id->p_recv_buf)++ =
 				cdns_i2c_readreg(CDNS_I2C_DATA_OFFSET);
+			id->recv_count--;
+			id->curr_recv_count--;
 
-		if (!id->bus_hold_flag &&
-				(id->recv_count <= CDNS_I2C_FIFO_DEPTH))
-			cdns_i2c_clear_bus_hold(id);
+			if (updatetx &&
+			    (id->curr_recv_count == CDNS_I2C_FIFO_DEPTH + 1))
+				break;
+		}
 
-		status = IRQ_HANDLED;
-	}
+		/*
+		 * The controller sends NACK to the slave when transfer size
+		 * register reaches zero without considering the HOLD bit.
+		 * This workaround is implemented for large data transfers to
+		 * maintain transfer size non-zero while performing a large
+		 * receive operation.
+		 */
+		if (updatetx &&
+		    (id->curr_recv_count == CDNS_I2C_FIFO_DEPTH + 1)) {
+			/* wait while fifo is full */
+			while (cdns_i2c_readreg(CDNS_I2C_XFER_SIZE_OFFSET) !=
+			       (id->curr_recv_count - CDNS_I2C_FIFO_DEPTH))
+				;
 
-	/* Handling Transfer Complete interrupt */
-	if (isr_status & CDNS_I2C_IXR_COMP) {
-		if (!id->p_recv_buf) {
 			/*
-			 * If the device is sending data If there is further
-			 * data to be sent. Calculate the available space
-			 * in FIFO and fill the FIFO with that many bytes.
+			 * Check number of bytes to be received against maximum
+			 * transfer size and update register accordingly.
 			 */
-			if (id->send_count) {
-				avail_bytes = CDNS_I2C_FIFO_DEPTH -
-				    cdns_i2c_readreg(CDNS_I2C_XFER_SIZE_OFFSET);
-				if (id->send_count > avail_bytes)
-					bytes_to_send = avail_bytes;
-				else
-					bytes_to_send = id->send_count;
-
-				while (bytes_to_send--) {
-					cdns_i2c_writereg(
-						(*(id->p_send_buf)++),
-						 CDNS_I2C_DATA_OFFSET);
-					id->send_count--;
-				}
+			if (((int)(id->recv_count) - CDNS_I2C_FIFO_DEPTH) >
+			    CDNS_I2C_TRANSFER_SIZE) {
+				cdns_i2c_writereg(CDNS_I2C_TRANSFER_SIZE,
+						  CDNS_I2C_XFER_SIZE_OFFSET);
+				id->curr_recv_count = CDNS_I2C_TRANSFER_SIZE +
+						      CDNS_I2C_FIFO_DEPTH;
 			} else {
-				/*
-				 * Signal the completion of transaction and
-				 * clear the hold bus bit if there are no
-				 * further messages to be processed.
-				 */
-				done_flag = 1;
+				cdns_i2c_writereg(id->recv_count -
+						  CDNS_I2C_FIFO_DEPTH,
+						  CDNS_I2C_XFER_SIZE_OFFSET);
+				id->curr_recv_count = id->recv_count;
 			}
-			if (!id->send_count && !id->bus_hold_flag)
-				cdns_i2c_clear_bus_hold(id);
-		} else {
+		}
+
+		/* Clear hold (if not repeated start) and signal completion */
+		if ((isr_status & CDNS_I2C_IXR_COMP) && !id->recv_count) {
 			if (!id->bus_hold_flag)
 				cdns_i2c_clear_bus_hold(id);
+			done_flag = 1;
+		}
+
+		status = IRQ_HANDLED;
+	}
+
+	/* When sending, handle transfer complete interrupt */
+	if ((isr_status & CDNS_I2C_IXR_COMP) && !id->p_recv_buf) {
+		/*
+		 * If there is more data to be sent, calculate the
+		 * space available in FIFO and fill with that many bytes.
+		 */
+		if (id->send_count) {
+			avail_bytes = CDNS_I2C_FIFO_DEPTH -
+			    cdns_i2c_readreg(CDNS_I2C_XFER_SIZE_OFFSET);
+			if (id->send_count > avail_bytes)
+				bytes_to_send = avail_bytes;
+			else
+				bytes_to_send = id->send_count;
+
+			while (bytes_to_send--) {
+				cdns_i2c_writereg(
+					(*(id->p_send_buf)++),
+					 CDNS_I2C_DATA_OFFSET);
+				id->send_count--;
+			}
+		} else {
 			/*
-			 * If the device is receiving data, then signal
-			 * the completion of transaction and read the data
-			 * present in the FIFO. Signal the completion of
-			 * transaction.
+			 * Signal the completion of transaction and
+			 * clear the hold bus bit if there are no
+			 * further messages to be processed.
 			 */
-			while (cdns_i2c_readreg(CDNS_I2C_SR_OFFSET) &
-					CDNS_I2C_SR_RXDV) {
-				*(id->p_recv_buf)++ =
-					cdns_i2c_readreg(CDNS_I2C_DATA_OFFSET);
-				id->recv_count--;
-			}
 			done_flag = 1;
 		}
+		if (!id->send_count && !id->bus_hold_flag)
+			cdns_i2c_clear_bus_hold(id);
 
 		status = IRQ_HANDLED;
 	}
@@ -287,8 +313,6 @@ static irqreturn_t cdns_i2c_isr(int irq, void *ptr)
 	if (id->err_status)
 		status = IRQ_HANDLED;
 
-	cdns_i2c_writereg(isr_status, CDNS_I2C_ISR_OFFSET);
-
 	if (done_flag)
 		complete(&id->xfer_done);
 
@@ -314,6 +338,8 @@ static void cdns_i2c_mrecv(struct cdns_i2c *id)
 	if (id->p_msg->flags & I2C_M_RECV_LEN)
 		id->recv_count = I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX + 1;
 
+	id->curr_recv_count = id->recv_count;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for the message size against FIFO depth and set the
 	 * 'hold bus' bit if it is greater than FIFO depth.
@@ -333,10 +359,11 @@ static void cdns_i2c_mrecv(struct cdns_i2c *id)
 	 * receive if it is less than transfer size and transfer size if
 	 * it is more. Enable the interrupts.
 	 */
-	if (id->recv_count > CDNS_I2C_TRANSFER_SIZE)
+	if (id->recv_count > CDNS_I2C_TRANSFER_SIZE) {
 		cdns_i2c_writereg(CDNS_I2C_TRANSFER_SIZE,
 				  CDNS_I2C_XFER_SIZE_OFFSET);
-	else
+		id->curr_recv_count = CDNS_I2C_TRANSFER_SIZE;
+	} else
 		cdns_i2c_writereg(id->recv_count, CDNS_I2C_XFER_SIZE_OFFSET);
 	/* Clear the bus hold flag if bytes to receive is less than FIFO size */
 	if (!id->bus_hold_flag &&
