diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mxs.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mxs.c
index 8022e2390a5a74d9c21ea67df4cf7c7600732581..caf96dc8ca1b9ba5aca46b4fcf7f7a91147d565b 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mxs.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mxs.c
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ static void mxs_i2c_reset(struct mxs_i2c_dev *i2c)
 {
 	mxs_reset_block(i2c->regs);
 	writel(MXS_I2C_IRQ_MASK << 8, i2c->regs + MXS_I2C_CTRL1_SET);
+	writel(MXS_I2C_QUEUECTRL_PIO_QUEUE_MODE,
+			i2c->regs + MXS_I2C_QUEUECTRL_SET);
 }
 
 static void mxs_i2c_pioq_setup_read(struct mxs_i2c_dev *i2c, u8 addr, int len,
@@ -347,8 +349,6 @@ static int __devinit mxs_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	/* Do reset to enforce correct startup after pinmuxing */
 	mxs_i2c_reset(i2c);
-	writel(MXS_I2C_QUEUECTRL_PIO_QUEUE_MODE,
-			i2c->regs + MXS_I2C_QUEUECTRL_SET);
 
 	adap = &i2c->adapter;
 	strlcpy(adap->name, "MXS I2C adapter", sizeof(adap->name));