diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c
index 05831848b7bf..687588834fc8 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c
@@ -223,8 +223,17 @@ static bool is_ack(struct s3c24xx_i2c *i2c)
 	int tries;
 
 	for (tries = 50; tries; --tries) {
-		if (readl(i2c->regs + S3C2410_IICCON)
-			& S3C2410_IICCON_IRQPEND) {
+		unsigned long tmp = readl(i2c->regs + S3C2410_IICCON);
+
+		if (!(tmp & S3C2410_IICCON_ACKEN)) {
+			/*
+			 * Wait a bit for the bus to stabilize,
+			 * delay estimated experimentally.
+			 */
+			usleep_range(100, 200);
+			return true;
+		}
+		if (tmp & S3C2410_IICCON_IRQPEND) {
 			if (!(readl(i2c->regs + S3C2410_IICSTAT)
 				& S3C2410_IICSTAT_LASTBIT))
 				return true;