diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-uniphier-f.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-uniphier-f.c
index fad2b00a8c8cb566233cc04e2e101b62e36124f6..d8a5db14da7964bcc459c16d8dd0659afe16141d 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-uniphier-f.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-uniphier-f.c
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ handled:
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static void uniphier_fi2c_tx_init(struct uniphier_fi2c_priv *priv, u16 addr)
+static void uniphier_fi2c_tx_init(struct uniphier_fi2c_priv *priv, u16 addr,
+				  bool repeat)
 {
 	priv->enabled_irqs |= UNIPHIER_FI2C_INT_TE;
 	uniphier_fi2c_set_irqs(priv);
@@ -279,8 +280,12 @@ static void uniphier_fi2c_tx_init(struct uniphier_fi2c_priv *priv, u16 addr)
 	/* set slave address */
 	writel(UNIPHIER_FI2C_DTTX_CMD | addr << 1,
 	       priv->membase + UNIPHIER_FI2C_DTTX);
-	/* first chunk of data */
-	uniphier_fi2c_fill_txfifo(priv, true);
+	/*
+	 * First chunk of data. For a repeated START condition, do not write
+	 * data to the TX fifo here to avoid the timing issue.
+	 */
+	if (!repeat)
+		uniphier_fi2c_fill_txfifo(priv, true);
 }
 
 static void uniphier_fi2c_rx_init(struct uniphier_fi2c_priv *priv, u16 addr)
@@ -361,7 +366,7 @@ static int uniphier_fi2c_master_xfer_one(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
 	if (is_read)
 		uniphier_fi2c_rx_init(priv, msg->addr);
 	else
-		uniphier_fi2c_tx_init(priv, msg->addr);
+		uniphier_fi2c_tx_init(priv, msg->addr, repeat);
 
 	dev_dbg(&adap->dev, "start condition\n");
 	/*