diff --git a/sys/dev/iicbus/iiconf.c b/sys/dev/iicbus/iiconf.c
index e59dc35f18c..1610b351e74 100644
--- a/sys/dev/iicbus/iiconf.c
+++ b/sys/dev/iicbus/iiconf.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ iicbus_transfer(device_t bus, struct iic_msg *msgs, uint32_t nmsgs)
 int
 iicbus_transfer_gen(device_t dev, struct iic_msg *msgs, uint32_t nmsgs)
 {
-	int i, error, lenread, lenwrote, nkid, rpstart, addr;
+	int i, error, lenread, lenwrote, nkid;
 	device_t *children, bus;
 
 	if ((error = device_get_children(dev, &children, &nkid)) != 0)
@@ -373,38 +373,14 @@ iicbus_transfer_gen(device_t dev, struct iic_msg *msgs, uint32_t nmsgs)
 		return (EIO);
 	}
 	bus = children[0];
-	rpstart = 0;
 	free(children, M_TEMP);
 	for (i = 0, error = 0; i < nmsgs && error == 0; i++) {
-		addr = msgs[i].slave;
 		if (msgs[i].flags & IIC_M_RD)
-			addr |= LSB;
+			error = iicbus_block_read(bus, msgs[i].slave,
+			    msgs[i].buf, msgs[i].len, &lenread);
 		else
-			addr &= ~LSB;
-
-		if (!(msgs[i].flags & IIC_M_NOSTART)) {
-			if (rpstart)
-				error = iicbus_repeated_start(bus, addr, 0);
-			else
-				error = iicbus_start(bus, addr, 0);
-		}
-
-		if (error)
-			break;
-
-		if (msgs[i].flags & IIC_M_RD)
-			error = iicbus_read(bus, msgs[i].buf, msgs[i].len,
-			    &lenread, IIC_LAST_READ, 0);
-		else
-			error = iicbus_write(bus, msgs[i].buf, msgs[i].len,
-			    &lenwrote, 0);
-
-		if (!(msgs[i].flags & IIC_M_NOSTOP)) {
-			rpstart = 0;
-			iicbus_stop(bus);
-		} else {
-			rpstart = 1;	/* Next message gets repeated start */
-		}
+			error = iicbus_block_write(bus, msgs[i].slave,
+			    msgs[i].buf, msgs[i].len, &lenwrote);
 	}
 	return (error);
 }