diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
index 2222c87876b97bc711b6d739fd4a82deef7db330..b8feac5f2ef4f6f4be4d410ec7a5a2ce2a6d4946 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
@@ -357,9 +357,6 @@ i2c_davinci_xfer_msg(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msg, int stop)
 
 	dev->terminate = 0;
 
-	/* write the data into mode register */
-	davinci_i2c_write_reg(dev, DAVINCI_I2C_MDR_REG, flag);
-
 	/*
 	 * First byte should be set here, not after interrupt,
 	 * because transmit-data-ready interrupt can come before
@@ -371,6 +368,9 @@ i2c_davinci_xfer_msg(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msg, int stop)
 		dev->buf_len--;
 	}
 
+	/* write the data into mode register; start transmitting */
+	davinci_i2c_write_reg(dev, DAVINCI_I2C_MDR_REG, flag);
+
 	r = wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(&dev->cmd_complete,
 						      dev->adapter.timeout);
 	if (r == 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-octeon.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-octeon.c
index 0e9f85d0a835718dac97ecd52ff270f327d84136..56dbe54e88118a3fb7b112da16e11ccd5bdbc9fb 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-octeon.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-octeon.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static int octeon_i2c_wait(struct octeon_i2c *i2c)
 		return result;
 	} else if (result == 0) {
 		dev_dbg(i2c->dev, "%s: timeout\n", __func__);
-		result = -ETIMEDOUT;
+		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c
index 72902e0bbfa79a48caaf2193420d4b8712af1e18..bf831bf8158741a9f857eb541afc1f3a48d38e52 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c
@@ -662,8 +662,8 @@ static int s3c24xx_i2c_clockrate(struct s3c24xx_i2c *i2c, unsigned int *got)
 		unsigned long sda_delay;
 
 		if (pdata->sda_delay) {
-			sda_delay = (freq / 1000) * pdata->sda_delay;
-			sda_delay /= 1000000;
+			sda_delay = clkin * pdata->sda_delay;
+			sda_delay = DIV_ROUND_UP(sda_delay, 1000000);
 			sda_delay = DIV_ROUND_UP(sda_delay, 5);
 			if (sda_delay > 3)
 				sda_delay = 3;