1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
index 0b0254312d21..3525c9e62cb0 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
@@ -524,6 +524,9 @@ static int omap_i2c_xfer_msg(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
         dev->buf = msg->buf;
         dev->buf_len = msg->len;
 
+        /* make sure writes to dev->buf_len are ordered */
+        barrier();
+
         omap_i2c_write_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_CNT_REG, dev->buf_len);
 
         /* Clear the FIFO Buffers */
@@ -581,7 +584,6 @@ static int omap_i2c_xfer_msg(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
          */
         timeout = wait_for_completion_timeout(&dev->cmd_complete,
                                                 OMAP_I2C_TIMEOUT);
-        dev->buf_len = 0;
         if (timeout == 0) {
                 dev_err(dev->dev, "controller timed out\n");
                 omap_i2c_init(dev);