diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91.c
index e05a672db3e5..76d16713508f 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91.c
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/platform_data/dma-atmel.h>
+#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 
 #define DEFAULT_TWI_CLK_HZ		100000		/* max 400 Kbits/s */
 #define AT91_I2C_TIMEOUT	msecs_to_jiffies(100)	/* transfer timeout */
 #define AT91_I2C_DMA_THRESHOLD	8			/* enable DMA if transfer size is bigger than this threshold */
+#define AUTOSUSPEND_TIMEOUT		2000
 
 /* AT91 TWI register definitions */
 #define	AT91_TWI_CR		0x0000	/* Control Register */
@@ -481,6 +483,10 @@ static int at91_twi_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msg, int num)
 
 	dev_dbg(&adap->dev, "at91_xfer: processing %d messages:\n", num);
 
+	ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(dev->dev);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+
 	/*
 	 * The hardware can handle at most two messages concatenated by a
 	 * repeated start via it's internal address feature.
@@ -488,18 +494,21 @@ static int at91_twi_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msg, int num)
 	if (num > 2) {
 		dev_err(dev->dev,
 			"cannot handle more than two concatenated messages.\n");
-		return 0;
+		ret = 0;
+		goto out;
 	} else if (num == 2) {
 		int internal_address = 0;
 		int i;
 
 		if (msg->flags & I2C_M_RD) {
 			dev_err(dev->dev, "first transfer must be write.\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
 		}
 		if (msg->len > 3) {
 			dev_err(dev->dev, "first message size must be <= 3.\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
 		}
 
 		/* 1st msg is put into the internal address, start with 2nd */
@@ -523,7 +532,12 @@ static int at91_twi_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msg, int num)
 
 	ret = at91_do_twi_transfer(dev);
 
-	return (ret < 0) ? ret : num;
+	ret = (ret < 0) ? ret : num;
+out:
+	pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(dev->dev);
+	pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(dev->dev);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static u32 at91_twi_func(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
@@ -795,11 +809,20 @@ static int at91_twi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	dev->adapter.timeout = AT91_I2C_TIMEOUT;
 	dev->adapter.dev.of_node = pdev->dev.of_node;
 
+	pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(dev->dev, AUTOSUSPEND_TIMEOUT);
+	pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(dev->dev);
+	pm_runtime_set_active(dev->dev);
+	pm_runtime_enable(dev->dev);
+
 	rc = i2c_add_numbered_adapter(&dev->adapter);
 	if (rc) {
 		dev_err(dev->dev, "Adapter %s registration failed\n",
 			dev->adapter.name);
 		clk_disable_unprepare(dev->clk);
+
+		pm_runtime_disable(dev->dev);
+		pm_runtime_set_suspended(dev->dev);
+
 		return rc;
 	}
 
@@ -814,6 +837,9 @@ static int at91_twi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	i2c_del_adapter(&dev->adapter);
 	clk_disable_unprepare(dev->clk);
 
+	pm_runtime_disable(dev->dev);
+	pm_runtime_set_suspended(dev->dev);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -823,7 +849,7 @@ static int at91_twi_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct at91_twi_dev *twi_dev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
-	clk_disable(twi_dev->clk);
+	clk_disable_unprepare(twi_dev->clk);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -832,7 +858,7 @@ static int at91_twi_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct at91_twi_dev *twi_dev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
-	return clk_enable(twi_dev->clk);
+	return clk_prepare_enable(twi_dev->clk);
 }
 
 static const struct dev_pm_ops at91_twi_pm = {