1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 96da22e9a5a4..fd84b2a36338 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -90,12 +90,16 @@ static int i2c_device_probe(struct device *dev)
 {
         struct i2c_client       *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
         struct i2c_driver       *driver = to_i2c_driver(dev->driver);
+        int status;
 
         if (!driver->probe)
                 return -ENODEV;
         client->driver = driver;
         dev_dbg(dev, "probe\n");
-        return driver->probe(client);
+        status = driver->probe(client);
+        if (status)
+                client->driver = NULL;
+        return status;
 }
 
 static int i2c_device_remove(struct device *dev)