diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
index 8b2e555a9563..785f7f7a344a 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ static void i2c_writel(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev, u32 val,
 	unsigned long reg)
 {
 	writel(val, i2c_dev->base + tegra_i2c_reg_addr(i2c_dev, reg));
+
+	/* Read back register to make sure that register writes completed */
+	if (reg != I2C_TX_FIFO)
+		readl(i2c_dev->base + tegra_i2c_reg_addr(i2c_dev, reg));
 }
 
 static u32 i2c_readl(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev, unsigned long reg)