diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi-core.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi-core.c
index 4e161a4089d8..b8e13bb48341 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi-core.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ int pasemi_i2c_common_probe(struct pasemi_smbus *smbus)
 	smbus->adapter.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	snprintf(smbus->adapter.name, sizeof(smbus->adapter.name),
 		 "PA Semi SMBus adapter (%s)", dev_name(smbus->dev));
-	smbus->adapter.class = I2C_CLASS_HWMON | I2C_CLASS_SPD;
+	smbus->adapter.class = I2C_CLASS_DEPRECATED;
 	smbus->adapter.algo = &smbus_algorithm;
 	smbus->adapter.algo_data = smbus;