diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-msm-geni.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-msm-geni.c
index bc99dae5a635..7c5f298db44f 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-msm-geni.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-msm-geni.c
@@ -991,8 +991,11 @@ static int geni_i2c_gsi_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg msgs[],
 			if ((geni_ios & 0x3) != 0x3) { //SCL:b'1, SDA:b'0
 				GENI_SE_DBG(gi2c->ipcl, true, gi2c->dev,
 					"%s: IO lines not in good state\n", __func__);
-				gi2c->prev_cancel_pending = true;
-				goto geni_i2c_gsi_cancel_pending;
+					/* doing pending cancel only rtl based SE's */
+					if (gi2c->is_i2c_rtl_based) {
+						gi2c->prev_cancel_pending = true;
+						goto geni_i2c_gsi_cancel_pending;
+					}
 			}
 		}
 geni_i2c_err_prep_sg:
@@ -1200,8 +1203,11 @@ static int geni_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
 			if ((geni_ios & 0x3) != 0x3) { //SCL:b'1, SDA:b'0
 				GENI_SE_DBG(gi2c->ipcl, true, gi2c->dev,
 					"%s: IO lines not in good state\n", __func__);
-				gi2c->prev_cancel_pending = true;
-				goto geni_i2c_txn_ret;
+				/* doing pending cancel only rtl based SE's */
+				if (gi2c->is_i2c_rtl_based) {
+					gi2c->prev_cancel_pending = true;
+					goto geni_i2c_txn_ret;
+				}
 			}
 		}