diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ocores.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ocores.c
index fcc2558..2d71f11 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ocores.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ocores.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/clk.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/log2.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
+
+#define OCORES_FLAG_POLL BIT(0)
 
 /**
  * @process_lock: protect I2C transfer process.
@@ -35,6 +39,7 @@ struct ocores_i2c {
 	void __iomem *base;
 	u32 reg_shift;
 	u32 reg_io_width;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	wait_queue_head_t wait;
 	struct i2c_adapter adap;
 	struct i2c_msg *msg;
@@ -246,10 +251,113 @@ static void ocores_process_timeout(struct ocores_i2c *i2c)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i2c->process_lock, flags);
 }
 
-static int ocores_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msgs, int num)
+/**
+ * Wait until something change in a given register
+ * @i2c: ocores I2C device instance
+ * @reg: register to query
+ * @mask: bitmask to apply on register value
+ * @val: expected result
+ * @timeout: timeout in jiffies
+ *
+ * Timeout is necessary to avoid to stay here forever when the chip
+ * does not answer correctly.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -ETIMEDOUT on timeout
+ */
+static int ocores_wait(struct ocores_i2c *i2c,
+		       int reg, u8 mask, u8 val,
+		       const unsigned long timeout)
+{
+	unsigned long j;
+
+	j = jiffies + timeout;
+	while (1) {
+		u8 status = oc_getreg(i2c, reg);
+
+		if ((status & mask) == val)
+			break;
+
+		if (time_after(jiffies, j))
+			return -ETIMEDOUT;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wait until is possible to process some data
+ * @i2c: ocores I2C device instance
+ *
+ * Used when the device is in polling mode (interrupts disabled).
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -ETIMEDOUT on timeout
+ */
+static int ocores_poll_wait(struct ocores_i2c *i2c)
+{
+	u8 mask;
+	int err;
+
+	if (i2c->state == STATE_DONE || i2c->state == STATE_ERROR) {
+		/* transfer is over */
+		mask = OCI2C_STAT_BUSY;
+	} else {
+		/* on going transfer */
+		mask = OCI2C_STAT_TIP;
+		udelay((8 * 1000) / i2c->bus_clock_khz);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * once we are here we expect to get the expected result immediately
+	 * so if after 1ms we timeout then something is broken.
+	 */
+	err = ocores_wait(i2c, OCI2C_STATUS, mask, 0, msecs_to_jiffies(1));
+	if (err)
+		dev_warn(i2c->adap.dev.parent,
+			 "%s: STATUS timeout, bit 0x%x did not clear in 1ms\n",
+			 __func__, mask);
+	return err;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * It handles an IRQ-less transfer
+ * @i2c: ocores I2C device instance
+ *
+ * Even if IRQ are disabled, the I2C OpenCore IP behavior is exactly the same
+ * (only that IRQ are not produced). This means that we can re-use entirely
+ * ocores_isr(), we just add our polling code around it.
+ *
+ * It can run in atomic context
+ */
+static void ocores_process_polling(struct ocores_i2c *i2c)
+{
+	while (1) {
+		irqreturn_t ret;
+		int err;
+
+		err = ocores_poll_wait(i2c);
+		if (err) {
+			i2c->state = STATE_ERROR;
+			break; /* timeout */
+		}
+
+		ret = ocores_isr(-1, i2c);
+		if (ret == IRQ_NONE)
+			break; /* all messages have been transfered */
+	}
+}
+
+static int ocores_xfer_core(struct ocores_i2c *i2c,
+			    struct i2c_msg *msgs, int num,
+			    bool polling)
 {
-	struct ocores_i2c *i2c = i2c_get_adapdata(adap);
 	int ret;
+	u8 ctrl;
+
+	ctrl = oc_getreg(i2c, OCI2C_CONTROL);
+	if (polling)
+		oc_setreg(i2c, OCI2C_CONTROL, ctrl & ~OCI2C_CTRL_IEN);
+	else
+		oc_setreg(i2c, OCI2C_CONTROL, ctrl | OCI2C_CTRL_IEN);
 
 	i2c->msg = msgs;
 	i2c->pos = 0;
@@ -259,16 +367,37 @@ static int ocores_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msgs, int num)
 	oc_setreg(i2c, OCI2C_DATA, i2c_8bit_addr_from_msg(i2c->msg));
 	oc_setreg(i2c, OCI2C_CMD, OCI2C_CMD_START);
 
-	ret = wait_event_timeout(i2c->wait, (i2c->state == STATE_ERROR) ||
-				 (i2c->state == STATE_DONE), HZ);
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		ocores_process_timeout(i2c);
-		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+	if (polling) {
+		ocores_process_polling(i2c);
+	} else {
+		ret = wait_event_timeout(i2c->wait,
+					 (i2c->state == STATE_ERROR) ||
+					 (i2c->state == STATE_DONE), HZ);
+		if (ret == 0) {
+			ocores_process_timeout(i2c);
+			return -ETIMEDOUT;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return (i2c->state == STATE_DONE) ? num : -EIO;
 }
 
+static int ocores_xfer_polling(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
+			       struct i2c_msg *msgs, int num)
+{
+	return ocores_xfer_core(i2c_get_adapdata(adap), msgs, num, true);
+}
+
+static int ocores_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
+		       struct i2c_msg *msgs, int num)
+{
+	struct ocores_i2c *i2c = i2c_get_adapdata(adap);
+
+	if (i2c->flags & OCORES_FLAG_POLL)
+		return ocores_xfer_polling(adap, msgs, num);
+	return ocores_xfer_core(i2c, msgs, num, false);
+}
+
 static int ocores_init(struct device *dev, struct ocores_i2c *i2c)
 {
 	int prescale;
@@ -294,7 +423,7 @@ static int ocores_init(struct device *dev, struct ocores_i2c *i2c)
 
 	/* Init the device */
 	oc_setreg(i2c, OCI2C_CMD, OCI2C_CMD_IACK);
-	oc_setreg(i2c, OCI2C_CONTROL, ctrl | OCI2C_CTRL_IEN | OCI2C_CTRL_EN);
+	oc_setreg(i2c, OCI2C_CONTROL, ctrl | OCI2C_CTRL_EN);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -451,10 +580,6 @@ static int ocores_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int ret;
 	int i;
 
-	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (irq < 0)
-		return irq;
-
 	i2c = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*i2c), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!i2c)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -509,18 +634,24 @@ static int ocores_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	init_waitqueue_head(&i2c->wait);
+
+	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
+	if (irq == -ENXIO) {
+		i2c->flags |= OCORES_FLAG_POLL;
+	} else {
+		ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, ocores_isr, 0,
+				       pdev->name, i2c);
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot claim IRQ\n");
+			goto err_clk;
+		}
+	}
+
 	ret = ocores_init(&pdev->dev, i2c);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_clk;
 
-	init_waitqueue_head(&i2c->wait);
-	ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, ocores_isr, 0,
-			       pdev->name, i2c);
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot claim IRQ\n");
-		goto err_clk;
-	}
-
 	/* hook up driver to tree */
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, i2c);
 	i2c->adap = ocores_adapter;
