diff --git a/hw/i2c/smbus_eeprom.c b/hw/i2c/smbus_eeprom.c
index c8f6f4b442..7fbb5ca27f 100644
--- a/hw/i2c/smbus_eeprom.c
+++ b/hw/i2c/smbus_eeprom.c
@@ -45,16 +45,6 @@ static void eeprom_quick_cmd(SMBusDevice *dev, uint8_t read)
 #endif
 }
 
-static void eeprom_send_byte(SMBusDevice *dev, uint8_t val)
-{
-    SMBusEEPROMDevice *eeprom = (SMBusEEPROMDevice *) dev;
-#ifdef DEBUG
-    printf("eeprom_send_byte: addr=0x%02x val=0x%02x\n",
-           dev->i2c.address, val);
-#endif
-    eeprom->offset = val;
-}
-
 static uint8_t eeprom_receive_byte(SMBusDevice *dev)
 {
     SMBusEEPROMDevice *eeprom = (SMBusEEPROMDevice *) dev;
@@ -67,34 +57,30 @@ static uint8_t eeprom_receive_byte(SMBusDevice *dev)
     return val;
 }
 
-static void eeprom_write_data(SMBusDevice *dev, uint8_t cmd, uint8_t *buf, int len)
+static int eeprom_write_data(SMBusDevice *dev, uint8_t *buf, uint8_t len)
 {
     SMBusEEPROMDevice *eeprom = (SMBusEEPROMDevice *) dev;
-    int n;
+    uint8_t *data = eeprom->data;
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
     printf("eeprom_write_byte: addr=0x%02x cmd=0x%02x val=0x%02x\n",
-           dev->i2c.address, cmd, buf[0]);
+           dev->i2c.address, buf[0], buf[1]);
 #endif
-    /* A page write operation is not a valid SMBus command.
-       It is a block write without a length byte.  Fortunately we
-       get the full block anyway.  */
-    /* TODO: Should this set the current location?  */
-    if (cmd + len > 256)
-        n = 256 - cmd;
-    else
-        n = len;
-    memcpy(eeprom->data + cmd, buf, n);
-    len -= n;
-    if (len)
-        memcpy(eeprom->data, buf + n, len);
+    /* len is guaranteed to be > 0 */
+    eeprom->offset = buf[0];
+    buf++;
+    len--;
+
+    for (; len > 0; len--) {
+        data[eeprom->offset] = *buf++;
+        eeprom->offset = (eeprom->offset + 1) % 256;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
 }
 
-static uint8_t eeprom_read_data(SMBusDevice *dev, uint8_t cmd, int n)
+static uint8_t eeprom_read_data(SMBusDevice *dev, int n)
 {
-    SMBusEEPROMDevice *eeprom = (SMBusEEPROMDevice *) dev;
-    /* If this is the first byte then set the current position.  */
-    if (n == 0)
-        eeprom->offset = cmd;
     /* As with writes, we implement block reads without the
        SMBus length byte.  */
     return eeprom_receive_byte(dev);
@@ -119,7 +105,6 @@ static void smbus_eeprom_class_initfn(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 
     dc->realize = smbus_eeprom_realize;
     sc->quick_cmd = eeprom_quick_cmd;
-    sc->send_byte = eeprom_send_byte;
     sc->receive_byte = eeprom_receive_byte;
     sc->write_data = eeprom_write_data;
     sc->read_data = eeprom_read_data;
diff --git a/hw/i2c/smbus_slave.c b/hw/i2c/smbus_slave.c
index 6a89a286e3..92c7a5086c 100644
--- a/hw/i2c/smbus_slave.c
+++ b/hw/i2c/smbus_slave.c
@@ -54,18 +54,9 @@ static void smbus_do_write(SMBusDevice *dev)
 {
     SMBusDeviceClass *sc = SMBUS_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(dev);
 
-    if (dev->data_len == 1) {
-        DPRINTF("Send Byte\n");
-        if (sc->send_byte) {
-            sc->send_byte(dev, dev->data_buf[0]);
-        }
-    } else {
-        dev->command = dev->data_buf[0];
-        DPRINTF("Command %d len %d\n", dev->command, dev->data_len - 1);
-        if (sc->write_data) {
-            sc->write_data(dev, dev->command, dev->data_buf + 1,
-                           dev->data_len - 1);
-        }
+    DPRINTF("Command %d len %d\n", dev->data_buf[0], dev->data_len);
+    if (sc->write_data) {
+        sc->write_data(dev, dev->data_buf, dev->data_len);
     }
 }
 
@@ -98,13 +89,7 @@ static int smbus_i2c_event(I2CSlave *s, enum i2c_event event)
                 BADF("Read after write with no data\n");
                 dev->mode = SMBUS_CONFUSED;
             } else {
-                if (dev->data_len > 1) {
-                    smbus_do_write(dev);
-                } else {
-                    dev->command = dev->data_buf[0];
-                    DPRINTF("%02x: Command %d\n", dev->i2c.address,
-                            dev->command);
-                }
+                smbus_do_write(dev);
                 DPRINTF("Read mode\n");
                 dev->data_len = 0;
                 dev->mode = SMBUS_READ_DATA;
@@ -177,7 +162,7 @@ static uint8_t smbus_i2c_recv(I2CSlave *s)
         break;
     case SMBUS_READ_DATA:
         if (sc->read_data) {
-            ret = sc->read_data(dev, dev->command, dev->data_len);
+            ret = sc->read_data(dev, dev->data_len);
             dev->data_len++;
         } else {
             ret = 0;
diff --git a/include/hw/i2c/smbus_slave.h b/include/hw/i2c/smbus_slave.h
index 5ef1c72ad0..fa92201ec6 100644
--- a/include/hw/i2c/smbus_slave.h
+++ b/include/hw/i2c/smbus_slave.h
@@ -46,18 +46,24 @@ typedef struct SMBusDeviceClass
      * This may be NULL, quick commands are ignore in that case.
      */
     void (*quick_cmd)(SMBusDevice *dev, uint8_t read);
-    void (*send_byte)(SMBusDevice *dev, uint8_t val);
+
     uint8_t (*receive_byte)(SMBusDevice *dev);
-    /* We can't distinguish between a word write and a block write with
-       length 1, so pass the whole data block including the length byte
-       (if present).  The device is responsible figuring out what type of
-       command  this is.  */
-    void (*write_data)(SMBusDevice *dev, uint8_t cmd, uint8_t *buf, int len);
+
+    /*
+     * We can't distinguish between a word write and a block write with
+     * length 1, so pass the whole data block including the length byte
+     * (if present).  The device is responsible figuring out what type of
+     * command this is.
+     * This may be NULL if no data is written to the device.  Writes
+     * will be ignore in that case.
+     */
+    int (*write_data)(SMBusDevice *dev, uint8_t *buf, uint8_t len);
+
     /* Likewise we can't distinguish between different reads, or even know
        the length of the read until the read is complete, so read data a
        byte at a time.  The device is responsible for adding the length
        byte on block reads.  */
-    uint8_t (*read_data)(SMBusDevice *dev, uint8_t cmd, int n);
+    uint8_t (*read_data)(SMBusDevice *dev, int n);
 } SMBusDeviceClass;
 
 struct SMBusDevice {
@@ -68,7 +74,6 @@ struct SMBusDevice {
     int mode;
     int data_len;
     uint8_t data_buf[34]; /* command + len + 32 bytes of data.  */
-    uint8_t command;
 };
 
 #endif
