diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/core.c b/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/core.c
index afb0764b5e1f..44617eb3a3f1 100644
--- a/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/core.c
+++ b/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/core.c
@@ -973,6 +973,7 @@ static int i3c_hci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	spin_lock_init(&hci->lock);
 	mutex_init(&hci->control_mutex);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&hci->enqueue_wait_queue);
 
 	/*
 	 * Multi-bus instances share the same MMIO address range, but not
diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/dma.c b/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/dma.c
index bdffdd8b8923..c3da6eab8eae 100644
--- a/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/dma.c
@@ -484,6 +484,12 @@ static int hci_dma_queue_xfer(struct i3c_hci *hci,
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&hci->lock);
 
+	while (unlikely(hci->enqueue_blocked)) {
+		spin_unlock_irq(&hci->lock);
+		wait_event(hci->enqueue_wait_queue, !READ_ONCE(hci->enqueue_blocked));
+		spin_lock_irq(&hci->lock);
+	}
+
 	if (n > rh->xfer_space) {
 		spin_unlock_irq(&hci->lock);
 		hci_dma_unmap_xfer(hci, xfer_list, n);
@@ -539,6 +545,14 @@ static int hci_dma_queue_xfer(struct i3c_hci *hci,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void hci_dma_unblock_enqueue(struct i3c_hci *hci)
+{
+	if (hci->enqueue_blocked) {
+		hci->enqueue_blocked = false;
+		wake_up_all(&hci->enqueue_wait_queue);
+	}
+}
+
 static bool hci_dma_dequeue_xfer(struct i3c_hci *hci,
 				 struct hci_xfer *xfer_list, int n)
 {
@@ -550,12 +564,17 @@ static bool hci_dma_dequeue_xfer(struct i3c_hci *hci,
 
 	guard(mutex)(&hci->control_mutex);
 
+	spin_lock_irq(&hci->lock);
+
 	ring_status = rh_reg_read(RING_STATUS);
 	if (ring_status & RING_STATUS_RUNNING) {
+		hci->enqueue_blocked = true;
+		spin_unlock_irq(&hci->lock);
 		/* stop the ring */
 		reinit_completion(&rh->op_done);
 		rh_reg_write(RING_CONTROL, rh_reg_read(RING_CONTROL) | RING_CTRL_ABORT);
 		wait_for_completion_timeout(&rh->op_done, HZ);
+		spin_lock_irq(&hci->lock);
 		ring_status = rh_reg_read(RING_STATUS);
 		if (ring_status & RING_STATUS_RUNNING) {
 			/*
@@ -567,8 +586,6 @@ static bool hci_dma_dequeue_xfer(struct i3c_hci *hci,
 		}
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&hci->lock);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 		struct hci_xfer *xfer = xfer_list + i;
 		int idx = xfer->ring_entry;
@@ -604,6 +621,8 @@ static bool hci_dma_dequeue_xfer(struct i3c_hci *hci,
 	rh_reg_write(RING_CONTROL, RING_CTRL_ENABLE);
 	rh_reg_write(RING_CONTROL, RING_CTRL_ENABLE | RING_CTRL_RUN_STOP);
 
+	hci_dma_unblock_enqueue(hci);
+
 	spin_unlock_irq(&hci->lock);
 
 	return did_unqueue;
@@ -647,6 +666,8 @@ static void hci_dma_xfer_done(struct i3c_hci *hci, struct hci_rh_data *rh)
 			}
 			if (xfer->completion)
 				complete(xfer->completion);
+			if (RESP_STATUS(resp))
+				hci->enqueue_blocked = true;
 		}
 
 		done_ptr = (done_ptr + 1) % rh->xfer_entries;
diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/hci.h b/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/hci.h
index f17f43494c1b..d630400ec945 100644
--- a/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/hci.h
+++ b/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/hci.h
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ struct i3c_hci {
 	struct mutex control_mutex;
 	atomic_t next_cmd_tid;
 	bool irq_inactive;
+	bool enqueue_blocked;
+	wait_queue_head_t enqueue_wait_queue;
 	u32 caps;
 	unsigned int quirks;
 	unsigned int DAT_entries;