diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-common.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-common.c
index a4730111d290..2de7452fcd6d 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-common.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-common.c
@@ -251,13 +251,27 @@ unsigned long i2c_dw_clk_rate(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
 
 int i2c_dw_prepare_clk(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev, bool prepare)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	if (IS_ERR(dev->clk))
 		return PTR_ERR(dev->clk);
 
-	if (prepare)
-		return clk_prepare_enable(dev->clk);
+	if (prepare) {
+		/* Optional interface clock */
+		ret = clk_prepare_enable(dev->pclk);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		ret = clk_prepare_enable(dev->clk);
+		if (ret)
+			clk_disable_unprepare(dev->pclk);
+
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	clk_disable_unprepare(dev->clk);
+	clk_disable_unprepare(dev->pclk);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_dw_prepare_clk);
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h
index 6b4ef1d38fb2..67edbbde1070 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@
  * @base: IO registers pointer
  * @cmd_complete: tx completion indicator
  * @clk: input reference clock
+ * @pclk: clock required to access the registers
  * @slave: represent an I2C slave device
  * @cmd_err: run time hadware error code
  * @msgs: points to an array of messages currently being transferred
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ struct dw_i2c_dev {
 	void __iomem		*ext;
 	struct completion	cmd_complete;
 	struct clk		*clk;
+	struct clk		*pclk;
 	struct reset_control	*rst;
 	struct i2c_client		*slave;
 	u32			(*get_clk_rate_khz) (struct dw_i2c_dev *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c
index 416f89b8f881..ddfb81872906 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c
@@ -344,6 +344,11 @@ static int dw_i2c_plat_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	else
 		i2c_dw_configure_master(dev);
 
+	/* Optional interface clock */
+	dev->pclk = devm_clk_get_optional(&pdev->dev, "pclk");
+	if (IS_ERR(dev->pclk))
+		return PTR_ERR(dev->pclk);
+
 	dev->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
 	if (!i2c_dw_prepare_clk(dev, true)) {
 		u64 clk_khz;