diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-microchip-corei2c.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-microchip-corei2c.c
index 0b0a1c4d17cae..332dd14483c05 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-microchip-corei2c.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-microchip-corei2c.c
@@ -93,27 +93,35 @@
  * @base:		pointer to register struct
  * @dev:		device reference
  * @i2c_clk:		clock reference for i2c input clock
+ * @msg_queue:		pointer to the messages requiring sending
  * @buf:		pointer to msg buffer for easier use
  * @msg_complete:	xfer completion object
  * @adapter:		core i2c abstraction
  * @msg_err:		error code for completed message
  * @bus_clk_rate:	current i2c bus clock rate
  * @isr_status:		cached copy of local ISR status
+ * @total_num:		total number of messages to be sent/received
+ * @current_num:	index of the current message being sent/received
  * @msg_len:		number of bytes transferred in msg
  * @addr:		address of the current slave
+ * @restart_needed:	whether or not a repeated start is required after current message
  */
 struct mchp_corei2c_dev {
 	void __iomem *base;
 	struct device *dev;
 	struct clk *i2c_clk;
+	struct i2c_msg *msg_queue;
 	u8 *buf;
 	struct completion msg_complete;
 	struct i2c_adapter adapter;
 	int msg_err;
+	int total_num;
+	int current_num;
 	u32 bus_clk_rate;
 	u32 isr_status;
 	u16 msg_len;
 	u8 addr;
+	bool restart_needed;
 };
 
 static void mchp_corei2c_core_disable(struct mchp_corei2c_dev *idev)
@@ -222,6 +230,47 @@ static int mchp_corei2c_fill_tx(struct mchp_corei2c_dev *idev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void mchp_corei2c_next_msg(struct mchp_corei2c_dev *idev)
+{
+	struct i2c_msg *this_msg;
+	u8 ctrl;
+
+	if (idev->current_num >= idev->total_num) {
+		complete(&idev->msg_complete);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If there's been an error, the isr needs to return control
+	 * to the "main" part of the driver, so as not to keep sending
+	 * messages once it completes and clears the SI bit.
+	 */
+	if (idev->msg_err) {
+		complete(&idev->msg_complete);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	this_msg = (idev->msg_queue)++;
+
+	if (idev->current_num < (idev->total_num - 1)) {
+		struct i2c_msg *next_msg = idev->msg_queue;
+
+		idev->restart_needed = next_msg->flags & I2C_M_RD;
+	} else {
+		idev->restart_needed = false;
+	}
+
+	idev->addr = i2c_8bit_addr_from_msg(this_msg);
+	idev->msg_len = this_msg->len;
+	idev->buf = this_msg->buf;
+
+	ctrl = readb(idev->base + CORE_I2C_CTRL);
+	ctrl |= CTRL_STA;
+	writeb(ctrl, idev->base + CORE_I2C_CTRL);
+
+	idev->current_num++;
+}
+
 static irqreturn_t mchp_corei2c_handle_isr(struct mchp_corei2c_dev *idev)
 {
 	u32 status = idev->isr_status;
@@ -247,10 +296,14 @@ static irqreturn_t mchp_corei2c_handle_isr(struct mchp_corei2c_dev *idev)
 		break;
 	case STATUS_M_SLAW_ACK:
 	case STATUS_M_TX_DATA_ACK:
-		if (idev->msg_len > 0)
+		if (idev->msg_len > 0) {
 			mchp_corei2c_fill_tx(idev);
-		else
-			last_byte = true;
+		} else {
+			if (idev->restart_needed)
+				finished = true;
+			else
+				last_byte = true;
+		}
 		break;
 	case STATUS_M_TX_DATA_NACK:
 	case STATUS_M_SLAR_NACK:
@@ -287,7 +340,7 @@ static irqreturn_t mchp_corei2c_handle_isr(struct mchp_corei2c_dev *idev)
 		mchp_corei2c_stop(idev);
 
 	if (last_byte || finished)
-		complete(&idev->msg_complete);
+		mchp_corei2c_next_msg(idev);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
@@ -311,21 +364,48 @@ static irqreturn_t mchp_corei2c_isr(int irq, void *_dev)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int mchp_corei2c_xfer_msg(struct mchp_corei2c_dev *idev,
-				 struct i2c_msg *msg)
+static int mchp_corei2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msgs,
+			     int num)
 {
-	u8 ctrl;
+	struct mchp_corei2c_dev *idev = i2c_get_adapdata(adap);
+	struct i2c_msg *this_msg = msgs;
 	unsigned long time_left;
-
-	idev->addr = i2c_8bit_addr_from_msg(msg);
-	idev->msg_len = msg->len;
-	idev->buf = msg->buf;
-	idev->msg_err = 0;
-
-	reinit_completion(&idev->msg_complete);
+	u8 ctrl;
 
 	mchp_corei2c_core_enable(idev);
 
+	/*
+	 * The isr controls the flow of a transfer, this info needs to be saved
+	 * to a location that it can access the queue information from.
+	 */
+	idev->restart_needed = false;
+	idev->msg_queue = msgs;
+	idev->total_num = num;
+	idev->current_num = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * But the first entry to the isr is triggered by the start in this
+	 * function, so the first message needs to be "dequeued".
+	 */
+	idev->addr = i2c_8bit_addr_from_msg(this_msg);
+	idev->msg_len = this_msg->len;
+	idev->buf = this_msg->buf;
+	idev->msg_err = 0;
+
+	if (idev->total_num > 1) {
+		struct i2c_msg *next_msg = msgs + 1;
+
+		idev->restart_needed = next_msg->flags & I2C_M_RD;
+	}
+
+	idev->current_num++;
+	idev->msg_queue++;
+
+	reinit_completion(&idev->msg_complete);
+
+	/*
+	 * Send the first start to pass control to the isr
+	 */
 	ctrl = readb(idev->base + CORE_I2C_CTRL);
 	ctrl |= CTRL_STA;
 	writeb(ctrl, idev->base + CORE_I2C_CTRL);
@@ -335,20 +415,8 @@ static int mchp_corei2c_xfer_msg(struct mchp_corei2c_dev *idev,
 	if (!time_left)
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 
-	return idev->msg_err;
-}
-
-static int mchp_corei2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msgs,
-			     int num)
-{
-	struct mchp_corei2c_dev *idev = i2c_get_adapdata(adap);
-	int i, ret;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
-		ret = mchp_corei2c_xfer_msg(idev, msgs++);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
+	if (idev->msg_err)
+		return idev->msg_err;
 
 	return num;
 }
