diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-common.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-common.c
index bf2a4920638ab..9f8574320eb2d 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-common.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-common.c
@@ -578,7 +578,12 @@ int i2c_dw_set_fifo_size(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
 	 * Try to detect the FIFO depth if not set by interface driver,
 	 * the depth could be from 2 to 256 from HW spec.
 	 */
+	ret = i2c_dw_acquire_lock(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	ret = regmap_read(dev->map, DW_IC_COMP_PARAM_1, &param);
+	i2c_dw_release_lock(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -607,6 +612,11 @@ u32 i2c_dw_func(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 void i2c_dw_disable(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
 {
 	u32 dummy;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = i2c_dw_acquire_lock(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return;
 
 	/* Disable controller */
 	__i2c_dw_disable(dev);
@@ -614,6 +624,8 @@ void i2c_dw_disable(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
 	/* Disable all interrupts */
 	regmap_write(dev->map, DW_IC_INTR_MASK, 0);
 	regmap_read(dev->map, DW_IC_CLR_INTR, &dummy);
+
+	i2c_dw_release_lock(dev);
 }
 
 void i2c_dw_disable_int(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c
index 9177463c2cbb4..1a4b23556db36 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c
@@ -905,7 +905,13 @@ int i2c_dw_probe_master(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
 		irq_flags = IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_COND_SUSPEND;
 	}
 
+	ret = i2c_dw_acquire_lock(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	i2c_dw_disable_int(dev);
+	i2c_dw_release_lock(dev);
+
 	ret = devm_request_irq(dev->dev, dev->irq, i2c_dw_isr, irq_flags,
 			       dev_name(dev->dev), dev);
 	if (ret) {