diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c
index 08153ea4d848..6ce431323125 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c
@@ -150,6 +150,29 @@ static int i2c_dw_plat_prepare_clk(struct dw_i2c_dev *i_dev, bool prepare)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void dw_i2c_set_fifo_size(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev, int id)
+{
+	u32 param, tx_fifo_depth, rx_fifo_depth;
+
+	/*
+	 * Try to detect the FIFO depth if not set by interface driver,
+	 * the depth could be from 2 to 256 from HW spec.
+	 */
+	param = i2c_dw_read_comp_param(dev);
+	tx_fifo_depth = ((param >> 16) & 0xff) + 1;
+	rx_fifo_depth = ((param >> 8)  & 0xff) + 1;
+	if (!dev->tx_fifo_depth) {
+		dev->tx_fifo_depth = tx_fifo_depth;
+		dev->rx_fifo_depth = rx_fifo_depth;
+		dev->adapter.nr = id;
+	} else if (tx_fifo_depth >= 2) {
+		dev->tx_fifo_depth = min_t(u32, dev->tx_fifo_depth,
+				tx_fifo_depth);
+		dev->rx_fifo_depth = min_t(u32, dev->rx_fifo_depth,
+				rx_fifo_depth);
+	}
+}
+
 static int dw_i2c_plat_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct dw_i2c_platform_data *pdata = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
@@ -245,13 +268,7 @@ static int dw_i2c_plat_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 				1000000);
 	}
 
-	if (!dev->tx_fifo_depth) {
-		u32 param1 = i2c_dw_read_comp_param(dev);
-
-		dev->tx_fifo_depth = ((param1 >> 16) & 0xff) + 1;
-		dev->rx_fifo_depth = ((param1 >> 8)  & 0xff) + 1;
-		dev->adapter.nr = pdev->id;
-	}
+	dw_i2c_set_fifo_size(dev, pdev->id);
 
 	adap = &dev->adapter;
 	adap->owner = THIS_MODULE;