diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/internal.h b/drivers/base/regmap/internal.h
index b2b2849fc6d3..d744ae3926dd 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/internal.h
@@ -139,8 +139,10 @@ struct regmap {
 	struct reg_default *patch;
 	int patch_regs;
 
-	/* if set, converts bulk rw to single rw */
-	bool use_single_rw;
+	/* if set, converts bulk read to single read */
+	bool use_single_read;
+	/* if set, converts bulk read to single read */
+	bool use_single_write;
 	/* if set, the device supports multi write mode */
 	bool can_multi_write;
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
index b9862d741a56..6f8a13ec32a4 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ int regcache_sync_block(struct regmap *map, void *block,
 			unsigned int block_base, unsigned int start,
 			unsigned int end)
 {
-	if (regmap_can_raw_write(map) && !map->use_single_rw)
+	if (regmap_can_raw_write(map) && !map->use_single_write)
 		return regcache_sync_block_raw(map, block, cache_present,
 					       block_base, start, end);
 	else
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-irq.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-irq.c
index 2597600a5d26..38d1f72d869c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-irq.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-irq.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static irqreturn_t regmap_irq_thread(int irq, void *d)
 	 * Read in the statuses, using a single bulk read if possible
 	 * in order to reduce the I/O overheads.
 	 */
-	if (!map->use_single_rw && map->reg_stride == 1 &&
+	if (!map->use_single_read && map->reg_stride == 1 &&
 	    data->irq_reg_stride == 1) {
 		u8 *buf8 = data->status_reg_buf;
 		u16 *buf16 = data->status_reg_buf;
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ int regmap_add_irq_chip(struct regmap *map, int irq, int irq_flags,
 	else
 		d->irq_reg_stride = 1;
 
-	if (!map->use_single_rw && map->reg_stride == 1 &&
+	if (!map->use_single_read && map->reg_stride == 1 &&
 	    d->irq_reg_stride == 1) {
 		d->status_reg_buf = kmalloc(map->format.val_bytes *
 					    chip->num_regs, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
index 90bf5ea34c47..bc82fd34483b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
@@ -576,7 +576,8 @@ struct regmap *regmap_init(struct device *dev,
 		map->reg_stride = config->reg_stride;
 	else
 		map->reg_stride = 1;
-	map->use_single_rw = config->use_single_rw;
+	map->use_single_read = config->use_single_rw || !bus || !bus->read;
+	map->use_single_write = config->use_single_rw || !bus || !bus->write;
 	map->can_multi_write = config->can_multi_write;
 	map->dev = dev;
 	map->bus = bus;
@@ -766,7 +767,7 @@ struct regmap *regmap_init(struct device *dev,
 		if ((reg_endian != REGMAP_ENDIAN_BIG) ||
 		    (val_endian != REGMAP_ENDIAN_BIG))
 			goto err_map;
-		map->use_single_rw = true;
+		map->use_single_write = true;
 	}
 
 	if (!map->format.format_write &&
@@ -1720,7 +1721,7 @@ int regmap_bulk_write(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg, const void *val,
 		}
 out:
 		map->unlock(map->lock_arg);
-	} else if (map->use_single_rw) {
+	} else if (map->use_single_write) {
 		map->lock(map->lock_arg);
 		for (i = 0; i < val_count; i++) {
 			ret = _regmap_raw_write(map,
@@ -2312,7 +2313,7 @@ int regmap_bulk_read(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg, void *val,
 		 * Some devices does not support bulk read, for
 		 * them we have a series of single read operations.
 		 */
-		if (map->use_single_rw) {
+		if (map->use_single_read) {
 			for (i = 0; i < val_count; i++) {
 				ret = regmap_raw_read(map,
 						reg + (i * map->reg_stride),