diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
index 90dcc2eaac5fb688fedba904b181be2312e40b3d..8e2900412b04f0b7c440cc94d2677a4e116019b6 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ omap_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	adap = &dev->adapter;
 	i2c_set_adapdata(adap, dev);
 	adap->owner = THIS_MODULE;
-	adap->class = I2C_CLASS_HWMON;
+	adap->class = I2C_CLASS_HWMON | I2C_CLASS_DEPRECATED;
 	strlcpy(adap->name, "OMAP I2C adapter", sizeof(adap->name));
 	adap->algo = &omap_i2c_algo;
 	adap->dev.parent = &pdev->dev;