diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91.c
index 6344942..0e88b68 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91.c
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
 #define	AT91_TWI_UNRE		BIT(7)	/* Underrun Error */
 #define	AT91_TWI_NACK		BIT(8)	/* Not Acknowledged */
 
+#define	AT91_TWI_INT_MASK \
+	(AT91_TWI_TXCOMP | AT91_TWI_RXRDY | AT91_TWI_TXRDY | AT91_TWI_NACK)
+
 #define	AT91_TWI_IER		0x0024	/* Interrupt Enable Register */
 #define	AT91_TWI_IDR		0x0028	/* Interrupt Disable Register */
 #define	AT91_TWI_IMR		0x002c	/* Interrupt Mask Register */
@@ -120,13 +123,12 @@ static void at91_twi_write(struct at91_twi_dev *dev, unsigned reg, unsigned val)
 
 static void at91_disable_twi_interrupts(struct at91_twi_dev *dev)
 {
-	at91_twi_write(dev, AT91_TWI_IDR,
-		       AT91_TWI_TXCOMP | AT91_TWI_RXRDY | AT91_TWI_TXRDY);
+	at91_twi_write(dev, AT91_TWI_IDR, AT91_TWI_INT_MASK);
 }
 
 static void at91_twi_irq_save(struct at91_twi_dev *dev)
 {
-	dev->imr = at91_twi_read(dev, AT91_TWI_IMR) & 0x7;
+	dev->imr = at91_twi_read(dev, AT91_TWI_IMR) & AT91_TWI_INT_MASK;
 	at91_disable_twi_interrupts(dev);
 }
 
@@ -216,6 +218,14 @@ static void at91_twi_write_data_dma_callback(void *data)
 	dma_unmap_single(dev->dev, sg_dma_address(&dev->dma.sg),
 			 dev->buf_len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 
+	/*
+	 * When this callback is called, THR/TX FIFO is likely not to be empty
+	 * yet. So we have to wait for TXCOMP or NACK bits to be set into the
+	 * Status Register to be sure that the STOP bit has been sent and the
+	 * transfer is completed. The NACK interrupt has already been enabled,
+	 * we just have to enable TXCOMP one.
+	 */
+	at91_twi_write(dev, AT91_TWI_IER, AT91_TWI_TXCOMP);
 	at91_twi_write(dev, AT91_TWI_CR, AT91_TWI_STOP);
 }
 
@@ -310,7 +320,7 @@ static void at91_twi_read_data_dma_callback(void *data)
 	/* The last two bytes have to be read without using dma */
 	dev->buf += dev->buf_len - 2;
 	dev->buf_len = 2;
-	at91_twi_write(dev, AT91_TWI_IER, AT91_TWI_RXRDY);
+	at91_twi_write(dev, AT91_TWI_IER, AT91_TWI_RXRDY | AT91_TWI_TXCOMP);
 }
 
 static void at91_twi_read_data_dma(struct at91_twi_dev *dev)
@@ -371,7 +381,7 @@ static irqreturn_t atmel_twi_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	/* catch error flags */
 	dev->transfer_status |= status;
 
-	if (irqstatus & AT91_TWI_TXCOMP) {
+	if (irqstatus & (AT91_TWI_TXCOMP | AT91_TWI_NACK)) {
 		at91_disable_twi_interrupts(dev);
 		complete(&dev->cmd_complete);
 	}
@@ -385,6 +395,34 @@ static int at91_do_twi_transfer(struct at91_twi_dev *dev)
 	unsigned long time_left;
 	bool has_unre_flag = dev->pdata->has_unre_flag;
 
+	/*
+	 * WARNING: the TXCOMP bit in the Status Register is NOT a clear on
+	 * read flag but shows the state of the transmission at the time the
+	 * Status Register is read. According to the programmer datasheet,
+	 * TXCOMP is set when both holding register and internal shifter are
+	 * empty and STOP condition has been sent.
+	 * Consequently, we should enable NACK interrupt rather than TXCOMP to
+	 * detect transmission failure.
+	 *
+	 * Besides, the TXCOMP bit is already set before the i2c transaction
+	 * has been started. For read transactions, this bit is cleared when
+	 * writing the START bit into the Control Register. So the
+	 * corresponding interrupt can safely be enabled just after.
+	 * However for write transactions managed by the CPU, we first write
+	 * into THR, so TXCOMP is cleared. Then we can safely enable TXCOMP
+	 * interrupt. If TXCOMP interrupt were enabled before writing into THR,
+	 * the interrupt handler would be called immediately and the i2c command
+	 * would be reported as completed.
+	 * Also when a write transaction is managed by the DMA controller,
+	 * enabling the TXCOMP interrupt in this function may lead to a race
+	 * condition since we don't know whether the TXCOMP interrupt is enabled
+	 * before or after the DMA has started to write into THR. So the TXCOMP
+	 * interrupt is enabled later by at91_twi_write_data_dma_callback().
+	 * Immediately after in that DMA callback, we still need to send the
+	 * STOP condition manually writing the corresponding bit into the
+	 * Control Register.
+	 */
+
 	dev_dbg(dev->dev, "transfer: %s %d bytes.\n",
 		(dev->msg->flags & I2C_M_RD) ? "read" : "write", dev->buf_len);
 
@@ -415,26 +453,24 @@ static int at91_do_twi_transfer(struct at91_twi_dev *dev)
 		 * seems to be the best solution.
 		 */
 		if (dev->use_dma && (dev->buf_len > AT91_I2C_DMA_THRESHOLD)) {
+			at91_twi_write(dev, AT91_TWI_IER, AT91_TWI_NACK);
 			at91_twi_read_data_dma(dev);
-			/*
-			 * It is important to enable TXCOMP irq here because
-			 * doing it only when transferring the last two bytes
-			 * will mask NACK errors since TXCOMP is set when a
-			 * NACK occurs.
-			 */
-			at91_twi_write(dev, AT91_TWI_IER,
-			       AT91_TWI_TXCOMP);
-		} else
+		} else {
 			at91_twi_write(dev, AT91_TWI_IER,
-			       AT91_TWI_TXCOMP | AT91_TWI_RXRDY);
+				       AT91_TWI_TXCOMP |
+				       AT91_TWI_NACK |
+				       AT91_TWI_RXRDY);
+		}
 	} else {
 		if (dev->use_dma && (dev->buf_len > AT91_I2C_DMA_THRESHOLD)) {
+			at91_twi_write(dev, AT91_TWI_IER, AT91_TWI_NACK);
 			at91_twi_write_data_dma(dev);
-			at91_twi_write(dev, AT91_TWI_IER, AT91_TWI_TXCOMP);
 		} else {
 			at91_twi_write_next_byte(dev);
 			at91_twi_write(dev, AT91_TWI_IER,
-				AT91_TWI_TXCOMP | AT91_TWI_TXRDY);
+				       AT91_TWI_TXCOMP |
+				       AT91_TWI_NACK |
+				       AT91_TWI_TXRDY);
 		}
 	}
 
