diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
index 564e6ad66398..f0bf7eba5415 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ static int acpi_gsb_i2c_read_bytes(struct i2c_client *client,
 	msgs[0].buf = &cmd;
 
 	msgs[1].addr = client->addr;
-	msgs[1].flags = client->flags | I2C_M_RD;
+	msgs[1].flags = client->flags | I2C_M_RD | I2C_M_DMA_SAFE;
 	msgs[1].len = data_len;
 	msgs[1].buf = buffer;
 
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static int acpi_gsb_i2c_write_bytes(struct i2c_client *client,
 	memcpy(buffer + 1, data, data_len);
 
 	msgs[0].addr = client->addr;
-	msgs[0].flags = client->flags;
+	msgs[0].flags = client->flags | I2C_M_DMA_SAFE;
 	msgs[0].len = data_len + 1;
 	msgs[0].buf = buffer;