diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c
index 71055114bd80..6195df3c1c29 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static u32 i2c_dw_scl_lcnt(u32 ic_clk, u32 tLOW, u32 tf, int offset)
 int i2c_dw_init(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
 {
 	u32 input_clock_khz;
-	u32 ic_con, hcnt, lcnt;
+	u32 hcnt, lcnt;
 	u32 reg;
 
 	input_clock_khz = dev->get_clk_rate_khz(dev);
@@ -199,9 +199,7 @@ int i2c_dw_init(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
 	dw_writel(dev, 0, DW_IC_RX_TL);
 
 	/* configure the i2c master */
-	ic_con = DW_IC_CON_MASTER | DW_IC_CON_SLAVE_DISABLE |
-		DW_IC_CON_RESTART_EN | DW_IC_CON_SPEED_FAST;
-	dw_writel(dev, ic_con, DW_IC_CON);
+	dw_writel(dev, dev->master_cfg , DW_IC_CON);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h
index ab4e655a6c61..29386215fe3c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ struct dw_i2c_dev {
 	int			swab;
 	struct i2c_adapter	adapter;
 	u32			functionality;
+	u32			master_cfg;
 	unsigned int		tx_fifo_depth;
 	unsigned int		rx_fifo_depth;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c
index 36db7a80cbb2..1258cae3555d 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ static int __devinit dw_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA |
 		I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WORD_DATA |
 		I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK;
+	dev->master_cfg =  DW_IC_CON_MASTER | DW_IC_CON_SLAVE_DISABLE |
+		DW_IC_CON_RESTART_EN | DW_IC_CON_SPEED_FAST;
 
 	dev->base = ioremap(mem->start, resource_size(mem));
 	if (dev->base == NULL) {