diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nomadik.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nomadik.c
index b2de1a5..fa7b106 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nomadik.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nomadik.c
@@ -428,10 +428,9 @@
 	}
 
 	if (timeout == 0) {
-		/* controller has timedout, re-init the h/w */
+		/* Controller timed out */
 		dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev, "read from slave 0x%x timed out\n",
 				dev->cli.slave_adr);
-		(void) init_hw(dev);
 		status = -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}
 	return status;
@@ -516,10 +515,9 @@
 	}
 
 	if (timeout == 0) {
-		/* controller has timedout, re-init the h/w */
+		/* Controller timed out */
 		dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev, "write to slave 0x%x timed out\n",
 				dev->cli.slave_adr);
-		(void) init_hw(dev);
 		status = -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}
 
@@ -638,6 +636,8 @@
 						abort_causes[cause]);
 				}
 
+				(void) init_hw(dev);
+
 				status = status ? status : dev->result;
 
 				break;