diff --git a/packages/base/any/onlp/src/onlplib/module/inc/onlplib/i2c.h b/packages/base/any/onlp/src/onlplib/module/inc/onlplib/i2c.h
index 39741014..e41ae0c0 100644
--- a/packages/base/any/onlp/src/onlplib/module/inc/onlplib/i2c.h
+++ b/packages/base/any/onlp/src/onlplib/module/inc/onlplib/i2c.h
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@
  */
 #define ONLP_I2C_F_USE_BLOCK_READ 0x20
 
+/**
+ * Use SMBUS block reads if possible.
+ */
+#define ONLP_I2C_F_USE_SMBUS_BLOCK_READ 0x40
+
 /**
  * @brief Open and prepare for reading or writing.
  * @param bus The i2c bus number.
diff --git a/packages/base/any/onlp/src/onlplib/module/src/i2c.c b/packages/base/any/onlp/src/onlplib/module/src/i2c.c
index 480f7631..6c8ee372 100644
--- a/packages/base/any/onlp/src/onlplib/module/src/i2c.c
+++ b/packages/base/any/onlp/src/onlplib/module/src/i2c.c
@@ -105,11 +105,17 @@ onlp_i2c_block_read(int bus, uint8_t addr, uint8_t offset, int size,
     int count = size;
     uint8_t* p = rdata;
     while(count > 0) {
+        int rv;
         int rsize = (count >= ONLPLIB_CONFIG_I2C_BLOCK_SIZE) ? ONLPLIB_CONFIG_I2C_BLOCK_SIZE : count;
-        int rv = i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(fd,
-                                               p - rdata,
+        if(flags & ONLP_I2C_F_USE_SMBUS_BLOCK_READ) {
+            rv = i2c_smbus_read_block_data(fd, offset, p);
+        } else {
+            rv = i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(fd,
+                                               offset,
                                                rsize,
                                                p);
+            offset += rsize;
+        }
 
         if(rv != rsize) {
             AIM_LOG_ERROR("i2c-%d: reading address 0x%x, offset %d, size=%d failed: %{errno}",