diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 686f410cf664..466d2b77945c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 834aa6f30c2f5f5ab7c858e37800c1a19dfde2fb
+refs/heads/master: 8ee161ce5e0cfc689eb677f227a6248191165fac
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c b/trunk/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
index 525c7345fa0b..24f94f4ae395 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
@@ -103,8 +103,14 @@ static int sclhi(struct i2c_algo_bit_data *adap)
 		 * chips may hold it low ("clock stretching") while they
 		 * are processing data internally.
 		 */
-		if (time_after(jiffies, start + adap->timeout))
+		if (time_after(jiffies, start + adap->timeout)) {
+			/* Test one last time, as we may have been preempted
+			 * between last check and timeout test.
+			 */
+			if (getscl(adap))
+				break;
 			return -ETIMEDOUT;
+		}
 		cond_resched();
 	}
 #ifdef DEBUG