1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 7bf38c418086..c16dcad94412 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -1451,9 +1451,11 @@ i2c_new_probed_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
                 if ((addr_list[i] & ~0x07) == 0x30
                  || (addr_list[i] & ~0x0f) == 0x50
                  || !i2c_check_functionality(adap, I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_QUICK)) {
+                        union i2c_smbus_data data;
+
                         if (i2c_smbus_xfer(adap, addr_list[i], 0,
                                            I2C_SMBUS_READ, 0,
-                                           I2C_SMBUS_BYTE, NULL) >= 0)
+                                           I2C_SMBUS_BYTE, &data) >= 0)
                                 break;
                 } else {
                         if (i2c_smbus_xfer(adap, addr_list[i], 0,