diff --git a/src/drivers/i2c/tpm/tis.c b/src/drivers/i2c/tpm/tis.c
index 3a5f519ee0..e8d69acfbf 100644
--- a/src/drivers/i2c/tpm/tis.c
+++ b/src/drivers/i2c/tpm/tis.c
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ int tis_init(void)
 	 * Probe TPM twice; the first probing might fail because TPM is asleep,
 	 * and the probing can wake up TPM.
 	 */
-	uint8_t tmp;
+	uint8_t tmp = 0;
 
-	if (i2c_read(bus, chip, 0, 0, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)) &&
-			i2c_read(bus, chip, 0, 0, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
+	if (i2c_write(bus, chip, 0, 1, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)) &&
+			i2c_write(bus, chip, 0, 1, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
 		return -1;
 
 	return 0;