diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index e7411f363b3db6..3843383e13ccbc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -641,6 +641,7 @@ typedef struct drm_i915_private {
 
 	struct intel_gmbus gmbus[GMBUS_NUM_PORTS];
 
+
 	/** gmbus_mutex protects against concurrent usage of the single hw gmbus
 	 * controller on different i2c buses. */
 	struct mutex gmbus_mutex;
@@ -650,6 +651,8 @@ typedef struct drm_i915_private {
 	 */
 	uint32_t gpio_mmio_base;
 
+	wait_queue_head_t gmbus_wait_queue;
+
 	struct pci_dev *bridge_dev;
 	struct intel_ring_buffer ring[I915_NUM_RINGS];
 	uint32_t next_seqno;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index 956b95f1f1138e..917a48de08fab4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -527,7 +527,11 @@ static void gen6_queue_rps_work(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 
 static void gmbus_irq_handler(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = (drm_i915_private_t *) dev->dev_private;
+
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("GMBUS interrupt\n");
+
+	wake_up_all(&dev_priv->gmbus_wait_queue);
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t valleyview_irq_handler(int irq, void *arg)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
index a16eecdf1ed12b..8b7189253cb425 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ intel_i2c_reset(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	I915_WRITE(dev_priv->gpio_mmio_base + GMBUS0, 0);
+	I915_WRITE(dev_priv->gpio_mmio_base + GMBUS4, 0);
 }
 
 static void intel_i2c_quirk_set(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, bool enable)
@@ -204,20 +205,38 @@ intel_gpio_setup(struct intel_gmbus *bus, u32 pin)
 
 static int
 gmbus_wait_hw_status(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
-		     u32 gmbus2_status)
+		     u32 gmbus2_status,
+		     u32 gmbus4_irq_en)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int i;
 	int reg_offset = dev_priv->gpio_mmio_base;
-	u32 gmbus2;
+	u32 gmbus2 = 0;
+	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+
+	/* Important: The hw handles only the first bit, so set only one! Since
+	 * we also need to check for NAKs besides the hw ready/idle signal, we
+	 * need to wake up periodically and check that ourselves. */
+	I915_WRITE(GMBUS4 + reg_offset, gmbus4_irq_en);
 
-	ret = wait_for((gmbus2 = I915_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset)) &
-		       (GMBUS_SATOER | gmbus2_status),
-		       50);
+	for (i = 0; i < msecs_to_jiffies(50) + 1; i++) {
+		prepare_to_wait(&dev_priv->gmbus_wait_queue, &wait,
+				TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+
+		gmbus2 = I915_READ(GMBUS2 + reg_offset);
+		if (gmbus2 & (GMBUS_SATOER | gmbus2_status))
+			break;
+
+		schedule_timeout(1);
+	}
+	finish_wait(&dev_priv->gmbus_wait_queue, &wait);
+
+	I915_WRITE(GMBUS4 + reg_offset, 0);
 
 	if (gmbus2 & GMBUS_SATOER)
 		return -ENXIO;
-
-	return ret;
+	if (gmbus2 & gmbus2_status)
+		return 0;
+	return -ETIMEDOUT;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -238,7 +257,8 @@ gmbus_xfer_read(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, struct i2c_msg *msg,
 		int ret;
 		u32 val, loop = 0;
 
-		ret = gmbus_wait_hw_status(dev_priv, GMBUS_HW_RDY);
+		ret = gmbus_wait_hw_status(dev_priv, GMBUS_HW_RDY,
+					   GMBUS_HW_RDY_EN);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
@@ -282,7 +302,8 @@ gmbus_xfer_write(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, struct i2c_msg *msg)
 
 		I915_WRITE(GMBUS3 + reg_offset, val);
 
-		ret = gmbus_wait_hw_status(dev_priv, GMBUS_HW_RDY);
+		ret = gmbus_wait_hw_status(dev_priv, GMBUS_HW_RDY,
+					   GMBUS_HW_RDY_EN);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	}
@@ -367,7 +388,8 @@ gmbus_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adapter,
 		if (ret == -ENXIO)
 			goto clear_err;
 
-		ret = gmbus_wait_hw_status(dev_priv, GMBUS_HW_WAIT_PHASE);
+		ret = gmbus_wait_hw_status(dev_priv, GMBUS_HW_WAIT_PHASE,
+					   GMBUS_HW_WAIT_EN);
 		if (ret == -ENXIO)
 			goto clear_err;
 		if (ret)
@@ -473,6 +495,7 @@ int intel_setup_gmbus(struct drm_device *dev)
 		dev_priv->gpio_mmio_base = 0;
 
 	mutex_init(&dev_priv->gmbus_mutex);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&dev_priv->gmbus_wait_queue);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < GMBUS_NUM_PORTS; i++) {
 		struct intel_gmbus *bus = &dev_priv->gmbus[i];