u32 addr = msgs[dev->msg_write_idx].addr;
        u32 buf_len = dev->tx_buf_len;
 
+       intr_mask = DW_IC_INTR_STOP_DET | DW_IC_INTR_TX_ABRT;
+
        if (!(dev->status & STATUS_WRITE_IN_PROGRESS)) {
                /* Disable the adapter */
                writel(0, dev->base + DW_IC_ENABLE);
                                                dev->base + DW_IC_DATA_CMD);
                        tx_limit--; buf_len--;
                }
+
+               dev->tx_buf_len = buf_len;
+
+               if (buf_len > 0) {
+                       /* more bytes to be written */
+                       intr_mask |= DW_IC_INTR_TX_EMPTY;
+                       dev->status |= STATUS_WRITE_IN_PROGRESS;
+                       break;
+               } else
+                       dev->status &= ~STATUS_WRITE_IN_PROGRESS;
        }
 
-       intr_mask = DW_IC_INTR_STOP_DET | DW_IC_INTR_TX_ABRT;
-       if (buf_len > 0) { /* more bytes to be written */
-               intr_mask |= DW_IC_INTR_TX_EMPTY;
-               dev->status |= STATUS_WRITE_IN_PROGRESS;
-       } else
-               dev->status &= ~STATUS_WRITE_IN_PROGRESS;
        writel(intr_mask, dev->base + DW_IC_INTR_MASK);
-
-       dev->tx_buf_len = buf_len;
 }
 
 static void