diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi.c
index 20f2772c0e79..2c909522f0f3 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi.c
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ static int pasemi_i2c_xfer_msg(struct i2c_adapter *adapter,
 
 		TXFIFO_WR(smbus, msg->buf[msg->len-1] |
 			  (stop ? MTXFIFO_STOP : 0));
+
+		if (stop) {
+			err = pasemi_smb_waitready(smbus);
+			if (err)
+				goto reset_out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;