diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-bcm2835.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-bcm2835.c
index 37443edbf754..ad3b124a2e37 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-bcm2835.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-bcm2835.c
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 #define BCM2835_I2C_FIFO	0x10
 #define BCM2835_I2C_DIV		0x14
 #define BCM2835_I2C_DEL		0x18
+/*
+ * 16-bit field for the number of SCL cycles to wait after rising SCL
+ * before deciding the slave is not responding. 0 disables the
+ * timeout detection.
+ */
 #define BCM2835_I2C_CLKT	0x1c
 
 #define BCM2835_I2C_C_READ	BIT(0)
@@ -477,6 +482,12 @@ static int bcm2835_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	adap->dev.of_node = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	adap->quirks = of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
 
+	/*
+	 * Disable the hardware clock stretching timeout. SMBUS
+	 * specifies a limit for how long the device can stretch the
+	 * clock, but core I2C doesn't.
+	 */
+	bcm2835_i2c_writel(i2c_dev, BCM2835_I2C_CLKT, 0);
 	bcm2835_i2c_writel(i2c_dev, BCM2835_I2C_C, 0);
 
 	ret = i2c_add_adapter(adap);