diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pmcmsp.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pmcmsp.c
index 2aa0e83174c52895a0fb1416e8a17a00d31b24c6..ec27e27e8d068fae16ea8cf80bb1e94a18142286 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pmcmsp.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pmcmsp.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ static int pmcmsptwi_master_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return num;
 }
 
 static u32 pmcmsptwi_i2c_func(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)