Likewise the rest of the i2c_acpi_new_device() users, defer the probe of the i2c-multi-intantiate driver in case adapter is not yet found. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/i2c-multi-instantiate.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/i2c-multi-instantiate.c b/drivers/platform/x86/i2c-multi-instantiate.c index e3345da82c84..16a0eabe1e31 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/i2c-multi-instantiate.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/i2c-multi-instantiate.c @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static int i2c_multi_inst_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) if (IS_ERR(multi->clients[i])) ret = PTR_ERR(multi->clients[i]); else if (!multi->clients[i]) - ret = -ENODEV; + ret = -EPROBE_DEFER; /* Wait for i2c-adapter to load */ else ret = 0; if (ret) { -- 2.19.1