diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
index c98529c76348..39e98d216016 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
@@ -412,6 +412,19 @@ static void i2c_imx_dma_free(struct imx_i2c_struct *i2c_imx)
 	dma->chan_using = NULL;
 }
 
+static void i2c_imx_clear_irq(struct imx_i2c_struct *i2c_imx, unsigned int bits)
+{
+	unsigned int temp;
+
+	/*
+	 * i2sr_clr_opcode is the value to clear all interrupts. Here we want to
+	 * clear only <bits>, so we write ~i2sr_clr_opcode with just <bits>
+	 * toggled. This is required because i.MX needs W0C and Vybrid uses W1C.
+	 */
+	temp = ~i2c_imx->hwdata->i2sr_clr_opcode ^ bits;
+	imx_i2c_write_reg(temp, i2c_imx, IMX_I2C_I2SR);
+}
+
 static int i2c_imx_bus_busy(struct imx_i2c_struct *i2c_imx, int for_busy, bool atomic)
 {
 	unsigned long orig_jiffies = jiffies;
@@ -424,8 +437,7 @@ static int i2c_imx_bus_busy(struct imx_i2c_struct *i2c_imx, int for_busy, bool a
 
 		/* check for arbitration lost */
 		if (temp & I2SR_IAL) {
-			temp &= ~I2SR_IAL;
-			imx_i2c_write_reg(temp, i2c_imx, IMX_I2C_I2SR);
+			i2c_imx_clear_irq(i2c_imx, I2SR_IAL);
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		}
 
@@ -469,7 +481,7 @@ static int i2c_imx_trx_complete(struct imx_i2c_struct *i2c_imx, bool atomic)
 		 */
 		readb_poll_timeout_atomic(addr, regval, regval & I2SR_IIF, 5, 1000 + 100);
 		i2c_imx->i2csr = regval;
-		imx_i2c_write_reg(0, i2c_imx, IMX_I2C_I2SR);
+		i2c_imx_clear_irq(i2c_imx, I2SR_IIF | I2SR_IAL);
 	} else {
 		wait_event_timeout(i2c_imx->queue, i2c_imx->i2csr & I2SR_IIF, HZ / 10);
 	}
@@ -623,9 +635,7 @@ static irqreturn_t i2c_imx_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	if (temp & I2SR_IIF) {
 		/* save status register */
 		i2c_imx->i2csr = temp;
-		temp &= ~I2SR_IIF;
-		temp |= (i2c_imx->hwdata->i2sr_clr_opcode & I2SR_IIF);
-		imx_i2c_write_reg(temp, i2c_imx, IMX_I2C_I2SR);
+		i2c_imx_clear_irq(i2c_imx, I2SR_IIF);
 		wake_up(&i2c_imx->queue);
 		return IRQ_HANDLED;
 	}