diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
index af0b583..389bc68 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@
 	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, "DaVinci I2C adapter", sizeof(adap->name));
 	adap->algo = &i2c_davinci_algo;
 	adap->dev.parent = &pdev->dev;