diff --git a/sys/dev/iicbus/iic.c b/sys/dev/iicbus/iic.c
index 55084e997b2..16d113ee6c7 100644
--- a/sys/dev/iicbus/iic.c
+++ b/sys/dev/iicbus/iic.c
@@ -322,6 +322,12 @@ iicioctl(struct cdev *dev, u_long cmd, caddr_t data, int flags, struct thread *t
 
 	case I2CRSTCARD:
 		error = iicbus_reset(parent, IIC_UNKNOWN, 0, NULL);
+		/*
+		 * Ignore IIC_ENOADDR as it only means we have a master-only
+		 * controller.
+		 */
+		if (error == IIC_ENOADDR)
+			error = 0;
 		break;
 
 	case I2CWRITE: