diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd8111.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd8111.c
index af1e5e2..6b6a6b1 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd8111.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd8111.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
  * ACPI 2.0 chapter 13 access of registers of the EC
  */
 
-static unsigned int amd_ec_wait_write(struct amd_smbus *smbus)
+static int amd_ec_wait_write(struct amd_smbus *smbus)
 {
 	int timeout = 500;
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static unsigned int amd_ec_wait_read(struct amd_smbus *smbus)
+static int amd_ec_wait_read(struct amd_smbus *smbus)
 {
 	int timeout = 500;
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static unsigned int amd_ec_read(struct amd_smbus *smbus, unsigned char address,
+static int amd_ec_read(struct amd_smbus *smbus, unsigned char address,
 		unsigned char *data)
 {
 	int status;
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static unsigned int amd_ec_write(struct amd_smbus *smbus, unsigned char address,
+static int amd_ec_write(struct amd_smbus *smbus, unsigned char address,
 		unsigned char data)
 {
 	int status;
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
 {
 	struct amd_smbus *smbus = adap->algo_data;
 	unsigned char protocol, len, pec, temp[2];
-	int i;
+	int i, status;
 
 	protocol = (read_write == I2C_SMBUS_READ) ? AMD_SMB_PRTCL_READ
 						  : AMD_SMB_PRTCL_WRITE;
@@ -209,38 +209,62 @@
 			break;
 
 		case I2C_SMBUS_BYTE:
-			if (read_write == I2C_SMBUS_WRITE)
-				amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_CMD, command);
+			if (read_write == I2C_SMBUS_WRITE) {
+				status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_CMD,
+						      command);
+				if (status)
+					return status;
+			}
 			protocol |= AMD_SMB_PRTCL_BYTE;
 			break;
 
 		case I2C_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA:
-			amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_CMD, command);
-			if (read_write == I2C_SMBUS_WRITE)
-				amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA, data->byte);
+			status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_CMD, command);
+			if (status)
+				return status;
+			if (read_write == I2C_SMBUS_WRITE) {
+				status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA,
+						      data->byte);
+				if (status)
+					return status;
+			}
 			protocol |= AMD_SMB_PRTCL_BYTE_DATA;
 			break;
 
 		case I2C_SMBUS_WORD_DATA:
-			amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_CMD, command);
+			status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_CMD, command);
+			if (status)
+				return status;
 			if (read_write == I2C_SMBUS_WRITE) {
-				amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA,
-					     data->word & 0xff);
-				amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA + 1,
-					     data->word >> 8);
+				status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA,
+						      data->word & 0xff);
+				if (status)
+					return status;
+				status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA + 1,
+						      data->word >> 8);
+				if (status)
+					return status;
 			}
 			protocol |= AMD_SMB_PRTCL_WORD_DATA | pec;
 			break;
 
 		case I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA:
-			amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_CMD, command);
+			status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_CMD, command);
+			if (status)
+				return status;
 			if (read_write == I2C_SMBUS_WRITE) {
 				len = min_t(u8, data->block[0],
 					    I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX);
-				amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_BCNT, len);
-				for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
-					amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA + i,
-						     data->block[i + 1]);
+				status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_BCNT, len);
+				if (status)
+					return status;
+				for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+					status =
+					  amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA + i,
+						       data->block[i + 1]);
+					if (status)
+						return status;
+				}
 			}
 			protocol |= AMD_SMB_PRTCL_BLOCK_DATA | pec;
 			break;
@@ -248,19 +272,35 @@
 		case I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA:
 			len = min_t(u8, data->block[0],
 				    I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX);
-			amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_CMD, command);
-			amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_BCNT, len);
+			status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_CMD, command);
+			if (status)
+				return status;
+			status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_BCNT, len);
+			if (status)
+				return status;
 			if (read_write == I2C_SMBUS_WRITE)
-				for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
-					amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA + i,
-						     data->block[i + 1]);
+				for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+					status =
+					  amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA + i,
+						       data->block[i + 1]);
+					if (status)
+						return status;
+				}
 			protocol |= AMD_SMB_PRTCL_I2C_BLOCK_DATA;
 			break;
 
 		case I2C_SMBUS_PROC_CALL:
-			amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_CMD, command);
-			amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA, data->word & 0xff);
-			amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA + 1, data->word >> 8);
+			status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_CMD, command);
+			if (status)
+				return status;
+			status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA,
+					      data->word & 0xff);
+			if (status)
+				return status;
+			status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA + 1,
+					      data->word >> 8);
+			if (status)
+				return status;
 			protocol = AMD_SMB_PRTCL_PROC_CALL | pec;
 			read_write = I2C_SMBUS_READ;
 			break;
@@ -268,11 +308,18 @@
 		case I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_PROC_CALL:
 			len = min_t(u8, data->block[0],
 				    I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX - 1);
-			amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_CMD, command);
-			amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_BCNT, len);
-			for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
-				amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA + i,
-					     data->block[i + 1]);
+			status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_CMD, command);
+			if (status)
+				return status;
+			status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_BCNT, len);
+			if (status)
+				return status;
+			for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+				status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA + i,
+						      data->block[i + 1]);
+				if (status)
+					return status;
+			}
 			protocol = AMD_SMB_PRTCL_BLOCK_PROC_CALL | pec;
 			read_write = I2C_SMBUS_READ;
 			break;
@@ -282,24 +329,29 @@
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
-	amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_ADDR, addr << 1);
-	amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_PRTCL, protocol);
+	status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_ADDR, addr << 1);
+	if (status)
+		return status;
+	status = amd_ec_write(smbus, AMD_SMB_PRTCL, protocol);
+	if (status)
+		return status;
 
-	/* FIXME this discards status from ec_read(); so temp[0] will
-	 * hold stack garbage ... the rest of this routine will act
-	 * nonsensically.  Ignored ec_write() status might explain
-	 * some such failures...
-	 */
-	amd_ec_read(smbus, AMD_SMB_STS, temp + 0);
+	status = amd_ec_read(smbus, AMD_SMB_STS, temp + 0);
+	if (status)
+		return status;
 
 	if (~temp[0] & AMD_SMB_STS_DONE) {
 		udelay(500);
-		amd_ec_read(smbus, AMD_SMB_STS, temp + 0);
+		status = amd_ec_read(smbus, AMD_SMB_STS, temp + 0);
+		if (status)
+			return status;
 	}
 
 	if (~temp[0] & AMD_SMB_STS_DONE) {
 		msleep(1);
-		amd_ec_read(smbus, AMD_SMB_STS, temp + 0);
+		status = amd_ec_read(smbus, AMD_SMB_STS, temp + 0);
+		if (status)
+			return status;
 	}
 
 	if ((~temp[0] & AMD_SMB_STS_DONE) || (temp[0] & AMD_SMB_STS_STATUS))
@@ -311,24 +363,35 @@
 	switch (size) {
 		case I2C_SMBUS_BYTE:
 		case I2C_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA:
-			amd_ec_read(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA, &data->byte);
+			status = amd_ec_read(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA, &data->byte);
+			if (status)
+				return status;
 			break;
 
 		case I2C_SMBUS_WORD_DATA:
 		case I2C_SMBUS_PROC_CALL:
-			amd_ec_read(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA, temp + 0);
-			amd_ec_read(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA + 1, temp + 1);
+			status = amd_ec_read(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA, temp + 0);
+			if (status)
+				return status;
+			status = amd_ec_read(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA + 1, temp + 1);
+			if (status)
+				return status;
 			data->word = (temp[1] << 8) | temp[0];
 			break;
 
 		case I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA:
 		case I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_PROC_CALL:
-			amd_ec_read(smbus, AMD_SMB_BCNT, &len);
+			status = amd_ec_read(smbus, AMD_SMB_BCNT, &len);
+			if (status)
+				return status;
 			len = min_t(u8, len, I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX);
 		case I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA:
-			for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
-				amd_ec_read(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA + i,
-					    data->block + i + 1);
+			for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+				status = amd_ec_read(smbus, AMD_SMB_DATA + i,
+						     data->block + i + 1);
+				if (status)
+					return status;
+			}
 			data->block[0] = len;
 			break;
 	}