diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
index f2b82ee39adf..a69665788513 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
@@ -692,9 +692,10 @@ omap_i2c_isr(int this_irq, void *dev_id)
 			if (dev->fifo_size) {
 				if (stat & OMAP_I2C_STAT_RRDY)
 					num_bytes = dev->fifo_size;
-				else
-					num_bytes = omap_i2c_read_reg(dev,
-							OMAP_I2C_BUFSTAT_REG);
+				else    /* read RXSTAT on RDR interrupt */
+					num_bytes = (omap_i2c_read_reg(dev,
+							OMAP_I2C_BUFSTAT_REG)
+							>> 8) & 0x3F;
 			}
 			while (num_bytes) {
 				num_bytes--;
@@ -731,9 +732,10 @@ omap_i2c_isr(int this_irq, void *dev_id)
 			if (dev->fifo_size) {
 				if (stat & OMAP_I2C_STAT_XRDY)
 					num_bytes = dev->fifo_size;
-				else
+				else    /* read TXSTAT on XDR interrupt */
 					num_bytes = omap_i2c_read_reg(dev,
-							OMAP_I2C_BUFSTAT_REG);
+							OMAP_I2C_BUFSTAT_REG)
+							& 0x3F;
 			}
 			while (num_bytes) {
 				num_bytes--;