diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-hisi.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-hisi.c
index 1b7609a34f4a..e067671b3ce2 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-hisi.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-hisi.c
@@ -348,7 +348,11 @@ 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);