diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-hisi.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-hisi.c
index 812b640d994e7ad9527e81b2a12da69781323f03..d249924b30a311c2c7229df8af64b354c3060b43 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-hisi.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-hisi.c
@@ -320,6 +320,13 @@ static void hisi_i2c_xfer_msg(struct hisi_i2c_controller *ctlr)
 		    max_write == 0)
 			break;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Disable the TX_EMPTY interrupt after finishing all the messages to
+	 * avoid overwhelming the CPU.
+	 */
+	if (ctlr->msg_tx_idx == ctlr->msg_num)
+		hisi_i2c_disable_int(ctlr, HISI_I2C_INT_TX_EMPTY);
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t hisi_i2c_irq(int irq, void *context)
@@ -345,7 +352,11 @@ static irqreturn_t hisi_i2c_irq(int irq, void *context)
 		hisi_i2c_read_rx_fifo(ctlr);
 
 out:
-	if (int_stat & HISI_I2C_INT_TRANS_CPLT || ctlr->xfer_err) {
+	/*
+	 * Only use TRANS_CPLT to indicate the completion. On error cases we'll
+	 * get two interrupts, INT_ERR first then TRANS_CPLT.
+	 */
+	if (int_stat & HISI_I2C_INT_TRANS_CPLT) {
 		hisi_i2c_disable_int(ctlr, HISI_I2C_INT_ALL);
 		hisi_i2c_clear_int(ctlr, HISI_I2C_INT_ALL);
 		complete(ctlr->completion);