diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sirf.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sirf.c
index 6784f7f527a432396c1ff49faca4382a81a2fc4d..8e3be7ed0586a5f1037fc5e84a5bd648d6193acc 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sirf.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sirf.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static int i2c_sirfsoc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto out;
 	}
 	adap = &siic->adapter;
-	adap->class = I2C_CLASS_HWMON;
+	adap->class = I2C_CLASS_HWMON | I2C_CLASS_DEPRECATED;
 
 	mem_res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	siic->base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, mem_res);