diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ismt.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ismt.c
index a6187cbec2c9..af2c240e064e 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ismt.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ismt.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 
 #define ISMT_DESC_ENTRIES	2	/* number of descriptor entries */
 #define ISMT_MAX_RETRIES	3	/* number of SMBus retries to attempt */
+#define ISMT_LOG_ENTRIES	3	/* number of interrupt cause log entries */
 
 /* Hardware Descriptor Constants - Control Field */
 #define ISMT_DESC_CWRL	0x01	/* Command/Write Length */
@@ -175,6 +176,8 @@ struct ismt_priv {
 	u8 head;				/* ring buffer head pointer */
 	struct completion cmp;			/* interrupt completion */
 	u8 buffer[I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX + 16];	/* temp R/W data buffer */
+	dma_addr_t log_dma;
+	u32 *log;
 };
 
 static const struct pci_device_id ismt_ids[] = {
@@ -411,6 +414,9 @@ static int ismt_access(struct i2c_adapter *adap, u16 addr,
 	memset(desc, 0, sizeof(struct ismt_desc));
 	desc->tgtaddr_rw = ISMT_DESC_ADDR_RW(addr, read_write);
 
+	/* Always clear the log entries */
+	memset(priv->log, 0, ISMT_LOG_ENTRIES * sizeof(u32));
+
 	/* Initialize common control bits */
 	if (likely(pci_dev_msi_enabled(priv->pci_dev)))
 		desc->control = ISMT_DESC_INT | ISMT_DESC_FAIR;
@@ -708,6 +714,8 @@ static void ismt_hw_init(struct ismt_priv *priv)
 	/* initialize the Master Descriptor Base Address (MDBA) */
 	writeq(priv->io_rng_dma, priv->smba + ISMT_MSTR_MDBA);
 
+	writeq(priv->log_dma, priv->smba + ISMT_GR_SMTICL);
+
 	/* initialize the Master Control Register (MCTRL) */
 	writel(ISMT_MCTRL_MEIE, priv->smba + ISMT_MSTR_MCTRL);
 
@@ -795,6 +803,12 @@ static int ismt_dev_init(struct ismt_priv *priv)
 	priv->head = 0;
 	init_completion(&priv->cmp);
 
+	priv->log = dmam_alloc_coherent(&priv->pci_dev->dev,
+					ISMT_LOG_ENTRIES * sizeof(u32),
+					&priv->log_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!priv->log)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	return 0;
 }