diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c
index 5cd737c7608f..5e397a7e63f6 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c
@@ -889,8 +889,11 @@ static irqreturn_t xiic_process(int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 		if (i2c->tx_msg && i2c->smbus_block_read) {
 			i2c->smbus_block_read = false;
-			/* Set requested message len=1 to indicate STATE_DONE */
-			i2c->tx_msg->len = 1;
+			/*
+			 * Drive xiic_tx_space() to 0 to signal STATE_DONE
+			 * without truncating the rx_msg length.
+			 */
+			i2c->tx_pos = i2c->tx_msg->len;
 		}
 
 		if (!i2c->tx_msg)