diff --git a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-pca954x.c b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-pca954x.c
index 528e755c468f..3278ebf1cc5c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-pca954x.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-pca954x.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int pca954x_select_chan(struct i2c_mux_core *muxc, u32 chan)
 	/* Only select the channel if its different from the last channel */
 	if (data->last_chan != regval) {
 		ret = pca954x_reg_write(muxc->parent, client, regval);
-		data->last_chan = regval;
+		data->last_chan = ret ? 0 : regval;
 	}
 
 	return ret;