diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rcar.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rcar.c
index cc60bc6c1b46c20bd672a4318fc62a42e5ea17f9..d4fa8eba6e9d2e40e11cb0ccba5ee64606dd8fff 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rcar.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rcar.c
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ static int rcar_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	adap			= &priv->adap;
 	adap->nr		= pdev->id;
 	adap->algo		= &rcar_i2c_algo;
-	adap->class		= I2C_CLASS_HWMON | I2C_CLASS_SPD;
+	adap->class		= I2C_CLASS_HWMON | I2C_CLASS_SPD | I2C_CLASS_DEPRECATED;
 	adap->retries		= 3;
 	adap->dev.parent	= dev;
 	adap->dev.of_node	= dev->of_node;