diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sprd.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sprd.c
index 2fdad63a23a18b48f4c01e5b3587404730469813..4053259bccb8d704d9d386287086841690174844 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sprd.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sprd.c
@@ -368,13 +368,12 @@ static irqreturn_t sprd_i2c_isr_thread(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	struct sprd_i2c *i2c_dev = dev_id;
 	struct i2c_msg *msg = i2c_dev->msg;
 	bool ack = !(readl(i2c_dev->base + I2C_STATUS) & I2C_RX_ACK);
-	u32 i2c_count = readl(i2c_dev->base + I2C_COUNT);
 	u32 i2c_tran;
 
 	if (msg->flags & I2C_M_RD)
 		i2c_tran = i2c_dev->count >= I2C_FIFO_FULL_THLD;
 	else
-		i2c_tran = i2c_count;
+		i2c_tran = i2c_dev->count;
 
 	/*
 	 * If we got one ACK from slave when writing data, and we did not
@@ -412,14 +411,13 @@ static irqreturn_t sprd_i2c_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	struct sprd_i2c *i2c_dev = dev_id;
 	struct i2c_msg *msg = i2c_dev->msg;
-	u32 i2c_count = readl(i2c_dev->base + I2C_COUNT);
 	bool ack = !(readl(i2c_dev->base + I2C_STATUS) & I2C_RX_ACK);
 	u32 i2c_tran;
 
 	if (msg->flags & I2C_M_RD)
 		i2c_tran = i2c_dev->count >= I2C_FIFO_FULL_THLD;
 	else
-		i2c_tran = i2c_count;
+		i2c_tran = i2c_dev->count;
 
 	/*
 	 * If we did not get one ACK from slave when writing data, then we