diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
index 6f08c0c3238d5..0727383f49402 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static int tegra_i2c_poll_register(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev,
 	void __iomem *addr = i2c_dev->base + tegra_i2c_reg_addr(i2c_dev, reg);
 	u32 val;
 
-	if (!i2c_dev->atomic_mode)
+	if (!i2c_dev->atomic_mode && !in_irq())
 		return readl_relaxed_poll_timeout(addr, val, !(val & mask),
 						  delay_us, timeout_us);