diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c_common.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c_common.c
index 6094ed12c77..616e15a2d03 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c_common.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c_common.c
@@ -35,15 +35,13 @@ void i2c_dump_msgs_rw(const struct device *dev, const struct i2c_msg *msgs, uint
 		const bool dump_data = dump_read || !is_read;
 
 		if (msg->len == 1 && dump_data) {
-			LOG_DBG("   %c %s%s len=01: %02x", is_read ? 'R' : 'W',
-				msg->flags & I2C_MSG_RESTART ? "Sr " : "",
-				msg->flags & I2C_MSG_STOP ? "P" : "",
-				msg->buf[0]);
+			LOG_DBG("   %c %2s %1s len=01: %02x", is_read ? 'R' : 'W',
+				msg->flags & I2C_MSG_RESTART ? "Sr" : "",
+				msg->flags & I2C_MSG_STOP ? "P" : "", msg->buf[0]);
 		} else {
-			LOG_DBG("   %c %s%s len=%02x: ", is_read ? 'R' : 'W',
-				msg->flags & I2C_MSG_RESTART ? "Sr " : "",
-				msg->flags & I2C_MSG_STOP ? "P" : "",
-				msg->len);
+			LOG_DBG("   %c %2s %1s len=%02x: ", is_read ? 'R' : 'W',
+				msg->flags & I2C_MSG_RESTART ? "Sr" : "",
+				msg->flags & I2C_MSG_STOP ? "P" : "", msg->len);
 			if (dump_data) {
 				LOG_HEXDUMP_DBG(msg->buf, msg->len, "contents:");
 			}