diff --git a/drivers/mfd/tps65910.c b/drivers/mfd/tps65910.c
index f243e75d28f3..7612d89850dd 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/tps65910.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/tps65910.c
@@ -486,6 +486,11 @@ static int tps65910_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 	tps65910->i2c_client = i2c;
 	tps65910->id = chip_id;
 
+	/* Work around silicon erratum SWCZ010: the tps65910 may miss the
+	 * first I2C transfer. So issue a dummy transfer before the first
+	 * real transfer.
+	 */
+	i2c_master_send(i2c, "", 1);
 	tps65910->regmap = devm_regmap_init_i2c(i2c, &tps65910_regmap_config);
 	if (IS_ERR(tps65910->regmap)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(tps65910->regmap);