diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h
index c5d87aae39c6..bf23bfb51aea 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #define DW_IC_CON_BUS_CLEAR_CTRL		BIT(11)
 
 #define DW_IC_DATA_CMD_DAT			GENMASK(7, 0)
+#define DW_IC_DATA_CMD_FIRST_DATA_BYTE		BIT(11)
 
 /*
  * Registers offset
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-slave.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-slave.c
index cec25054bb24..2e079cf20bb5 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-slave.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-slave.c
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ static irqreturn_t i2c_dw_isr_slave(int this_irq, void *dev_id)
 
 		do {
 			regmap_read(dev->map, DW_IC_DATA_CMD, &tmp);
+			if (tmp & DW_IC_DATA_CMD_FIRST_DATA_BYTE)
+				i2c_slave_event(dev->slave,
+						I2C_SLAVE_WRITE_REQUESTED,
+						&val);
 			val = tmp;
 			i2c_slave_event(dev->slave, I2C_SLAVE_WRITE_RECEIVED,
 					&val);