diff --git a/drivers/video/nvidia/nv_i2c.c b/drivers/video/nvidia/nv_i2c.c
index afe4567e1ff4..0cbcb3d833fb 100644
--- a/drivers/video/nvidia/nv_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/video/nvidia/nv_i2c.c
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ void nvidia_create_i2c_busses(struct nvidia_par *par)
 	par->chan[1].par = par;
 	par->chan[2].par = par;
 
-	par->chan[0].ddc_base = 0x36;
- 	nvidia_setup_i2c_bus(&par->chan[0], "nvidia #0", I2C_CLASS_HWMON);
+	par->chan[0].ddc_base = (par->reverse_i2c) ? 0x36 : 0x3e;
+ 	nvidia_setup_i2c_bus(&par->chan[0], "nvidia #0", 0);
 
-	par->chan[1].ddc_base = 0x3e;
- 	nvidia_setup_i2c_bus(&par->chan[1], "nvidia #1", 0);
+	par->chan[1].ddc_base = (par->reverse_i2c) ? 0x3e : 0x36;
+ 	nvidia_setup_i2c_bus(&par->chan[1], "nvidia #1", I2C_CLASS_HWMON);
 
 	par->chan[2].ddc_base = 0x50;
  	nvidia_setup_i2c_bus(&par->chan[2], "nvidia #2", 0);
diff --git a/drivers/video/nvidia/nv_type.h b/drivers/video/nvidia/nv_type.h
index 2fdf77ec39fc..f132aab8c5de 100644
--- a/drivers/video/nvidia/nv_type.h
+++ b/drivers/video/nvidia/nv_type.h
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ struct nvidia_par {
 	int paneltweak;
 	int LVDS;
 	int pm_state;
+	int reverse_i2c;
 	u32 crtcSync_read;
 	u32 fpSyncs;
 	u32 dmaPut;
diff --git a/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c b/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c
index a7fe214f0f77..30e14eb1f51e 100644
--- a/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c
+++ b/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static int noscale __devinitdata = 0;
 static int paneltweak __devinitdata = 0;
 static int vram __devinitdata = 0;
 static int bpp __devinitdata = 8;
+static int reverse_i2c __devinitdata;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTRR
 static int nomtrr __devinitdata = 0;
 #endif
@@ -1305,6 +1306,7 @@ static int __devinit nvidiafb_probe(struct pci_dev *pd,
 	par->CRTCnumber = forceCRTC;
 	par->FpScale = (!noscale);
 	par->paneltweak = paneltweak;
+	par->reverse_i2c = reverse_i2c;
 
 	/* enable IO and mem if not already done */
 	pci_read_config_word(pd, PCI_COMMAND, &cmd);
@@ -1486,6 +1488,8 @@ static int __devinit nvidiafb_setup(char *options)
 			noaccel = 1;
 		} else if (!strncmp(this_opt, "noscale", 7)) {
 			noscale = 1;
+		} else if (!strncmp(this_opt, "reverse_i2c", 11)) {
+			reverse_i2c = 1;
 		} else if (!strncmp(this_opt, "paneltweak:", 11)) {
 			paneltweak = simple_strtoul(this_opt+11, NULL, 0);
 		} else if (!strncmp(this_opt, "vram:", 5)) {
@@ -1582,6 +1586,8 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(mode_option, "Specify initial video mode");
 module_param(bpp, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(bpp, "pixel width in bits"
 		 "(default=8)");
+module_param(reverse_i2c, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(reverse_i2c, "reverse port assignment of the i2c bus");
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTRR
 module_param(nomtrr, bool, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nomtrr, "Disables MTRR support (0 or 1=disabled) "