diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
index 9704537aee3cd1921233339340c084365ed958bb..00f04cb5b4eb1bfcdd0a8719c884fc15497230c4 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ static int tegra_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	i2c_set_adapdata(&i2c_dev->adapter, i2c_dev);
 	i2c_dev->adapter.owner = THIS_MODULE;
-	i2c_dev->adapter.class = I2C_CLASS_HWMON;
+	i2c_dev->adapter.class = I2C_CLASS_HWMON | I2C_CLASS_DEPRECATED;
 	strlcpy(i2c_dev->adapter.name, "Tegra I2C adapter",
 		sizeof(i2c_dev->adapter.name));
 	i2c_dev->adapter.algo = &tegra_i2c_algo;