diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mxs.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mxs.c
index e2e9a0dade9665ec0d89598754c5734d2480c09c..43e2273ac61018673641e5cba4f8694b12eb692b 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mxs.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mxs.c
@@ -123,9 +123,11 @@ struct mxs_i2c_dev {
 	bool				dma_read;
 };
 
-static void mxs_i2c_reset(struct mxs_i2c_dev *i2c)
+static int mxs_i2c_reset(struct mxs_i2c_dev *i2c)
 {
-	stmp_reset_block(i2c->regs);
+	int ret = stmp_reset_block(i2c->regs);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * Configure timing for the I2C block. The I2C TIMING2 register has to
@@ -139,6 +141,8 @@ static void mxs_i2c_reset(struct mxs_i2c_dev *i2c)
 	writel(0x00300030, i2c->regs + MXS_I2C_TIMING2);
 
 	writel(MXS_I2C_IRQ_MASK << 8, i2c->regs + MXS_I2C_CTRL1_SET);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void mxs_i2c_dma_finish(struct mxs_i2c_dev *i2c)
@@ -475,7 +479,7 @@ static int mxs_i2c_xfer_msg(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msg,
 				int stop)
 {
 	struct mxs_i2c_dev *i2c = i2c_get_adapdata(adap);
-	int ret;
+	int ret, err;
 	int flags;
 
 	flags = stop ? MXS_I2C_CTRL0_POST_SEND_STOP : 0;
@@ -495,8 +499,11 @@ static int mxs_i2c_xfer_msg(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msg,
 	i2c->cmd_err = 0;
 	if (0) {	/* disable PIO mode until a proper fix is made */
 		ret = mxs_i2c_pio_setup_xfer(adap, msg, flags);
-		if (ret)
-			mxs_i2c_reset(i2c);
+		if (ret) {
+			err = mxs_i2c_reset(i2c);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
 	} else {
 		INIT_COMPLETION(i2c->cmd_complete);
 		ret = mxs_i2c_dma_setup_xfer(adap, msg, flags);
@@ -527,7 +534,10 @@ static int mxs_i2c_xfer_msg(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msg,
 timeout:
 	dev_dbg(i2c->dev, "Timeout!\n");
 	mxs_i2c_dma_finish(i2c);
-	mxs_i2c_reset(i2c);
+	ret = mxs_i2c_reset(i2c);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	return -ETIMEDOUT;
 }
 
@@ -683,7 +693,9 @@ static int mxs_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, i2c);
 
 	/* Do reset to enforce correct startup after pinmuxing */
-	mxs_i2c_reset(i2c);
+	err = mxs_i2c_reset(i2c);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	adap = &i2c->adapter;
 	strlcpy(adap->name, "MXS I2C adapter", sizeof(adap->name));