diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
index 5d4bad44d370..498a462c49b7 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
@@ -946,7 +946,6 @@ omap_i2c_isr(int this_irq, void *dev_id)
 				num_bytes = dev->buf_len;
 
 			ret = omap_i2c_transmit_data(dev, num_bytes, true);
-			stat = omap_i2c_read_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_STAT_REG);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto out;
 
@@ -962,7 +961,6 @@ omap_i2c_isr(int this_irq, void *dev_id)
 				num_bytes = dev->threshold;
 
 			ret = omap_i2c_transmit_data(dev, num_bytes, false);
-			stat = omap_i2c_read_reg(dev, OMAP_I2C_STAT_REG);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto out;