diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c
index 01564bd96c62..0abce487ead7 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c
@@ -386,9 +386,9 @@ static irqreturn_t cdns_i2c_slave_isr(void *ptr)
  */
 static irqreturn_t cdns_i2c_master_isr(void *ptr)
 {
-	unsigned int isr_status, avail_bytes, updatetx;
+	unsigned int isr_status, avail_bytes;
 	unsigned int bytes_to_send;
-	bool hold_quirk;
+	bool updatetx;
 	struct cdns_i2c *id = ptr;
 	/* Signal completion only after everything is updated */
 	int done_flag = 0;
@@ -408,11 +408,7 @@ static irqreturn_t cdns_i2c_master_isr(void *ptr)
 	 * Check if transfer size register needs to be updated again for a
 	 * large data receive operation.
 	 */
-	updatetx = 0;
-	if (id->recv_count > id->curr_recv_count)
-		updatetx = 1;
-
-	hold_quirk = (id->quirks & CDNS_I2C_BROKEN_HOLD_BIT) && updatetx;
+	updatetx = id->recv_count > id->curr_recv_count;
 
 	/* When receiving, handle data interrupt and completion interrupt */
 	if (id->p_recv_buf &&
@@ -443,7 +439,7 @@ static irqreturn_t cdns_i2c_master_isr(void *ptr)
 				break;
 			}
 
-			if (cdns_is_holdquirk(id, hold_quirk))
+			if (cdns_is_holdquirk(id, updatetx))
 				break;
 		}
 
@@ -454,7 +450,7 @@ static irqreturn_t cdns_i2c_master_isr(void *ptr)
 		 * maintain transfer size non-zero while performing a large
 		 * receive operation.
 		 */
-		if (cdns_is_holdquirk(id, hold_quirk)) {
+		if (cdns_is_holdquirk(id, updatetx)) {
 			/* wait while fifo is full */
 			while (cdns_i2c_readreg(CDNS_I2C_XFER_SIZE_OFFSET) !=
 			       (id->curr_recv_count - CDNS_I2C_FIFO_DEPTH))
@@ -476,22 +472,6 @@ static irqreturn_t cdns_i2c_master_isr(void *ptr)
 						  CDNS_I2C_XFER_SIZE_OFFSET);
 				id->curr_recv_count = id->recv_count;
 			}
-		} else if (id->recv_count && !hold_quirk &&
-						!id->curr_recv_count) {
-
-			/* Set the slave address in address register*/
-			cdns_i2c_writereg(id->p_msg->addr & CDNS_I2C_ADDR_MASK,
-						CDNS_I2C_ADDR_OFFSET);
-
-			if (id->recv_count > CDNS_I2C_TRANSFER_SIZE) {
-				cdns_i2c_writereg(CDNS_I2C_TRANSFER_SIZE,
-						CDNS_I2C_XFER_SIZE_OFFSET);
-				id->curr_recv_count = CDNS_I2C_TRANSFER_SIZE;
-			} else {
-				cdns_i2c_writereg(id->recv_count,
-						CDNS_I2C_XFER_SIZE_OFFSET);
-				id->curr_recv_count = id->recv_count;
-			}
 		}
 
 		/* Clear hold (if not repeated start) and signal completion */