diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f7.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f7.c
index 63ea71c5762f..0f87449fc6bd 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f7.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stm32f7.c
@@ -718,6 +718,20 @@ static void stm32f7_i2c_smbus_reload(struct stm32f7_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
 	writel_relaxed(cr2, i2c_dev->base + STM32F7_I2C_CR2);
 }
 
+static int stm32f7_i2c_release_bus(struct i2c_adapter *i2c_adap)
+{
+	struct stm32f7_i2c_dev *i2c_dev = i2c_get_adapdata(i2c_adap);
+
+	dev_info(i2c_dev->dev, "Trying to recover bus\n");
+
+	stm32f7_i2c_clr_bits(i2c_dev->base + STM32F7_I2C_CR1,
+			     STM32F7_I2C_CR1_PE);
+
+	stm32f7_i2c_hw_config(i2c_dev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int stm32f7_i2c_wait_free_bus(struct stm32f7_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
 {
 	u32 status;
@@ -727,12 +741,18 @@ static int stm32f7_i2c_wait_free_bus(struct stm32f7_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
 					 status,
 					 !(status & STM32F7_I2C_ISR_BUSY),
 					 10, 1000);
+	if (!ret)
+		return 0;
+
+	dev_info(i2c_dev->dev, "bus busy\n");
+
+	ret = stm32f7_i2c_release_bus(&i2c_dev->adap);
 	if (ret) {
-		dev_dbg(i2c_dev->dev, "bus busy\n");
-		ret = -EBUSY;
+		dev_err(i2c_dev->dev, "Failed to recover the bus (%d)\n", ret);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
-	return ret;
+	return -EBUSY;
 }
 
 static void stm32f7_i2c_xfer_msg(struct stm32f7_i2c_dev *i2c_dev,
@@ -1474,6 +1494,7 @@ static irqreturn_t stm32f7_i2c_isr_error(int irq, void *data)
 	if (status & STM32F7_I2C_ISR_BERR) {
 		dev_err(dev, "<%s>: Bus error\n", __func__);
 		writel_relaxed(STM32F7_I2C_ICR_BERRCF, base + STM32F7_I2C_ICR);
+		stm32f7_i2c_release_bus(&i2c_dev->adap);
 		f7_msg->result = -EIO;
 	}