diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/sfi.c b/arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/sfi.c
index b8f7f193f383799201863ac03cb22de77cbd2672..30bd5714a3d4736a5603020617355423a981ddde 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/sfi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/sfi.c
@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ void intel_scu_devices_create(void)
 
 		adapter = i2c_get_adapter(i2c_bus[i]);
 		if (adapter) {
-			client = i2c_new_device(adapter, i2c_devs[i]);
-			if (!client)
+			client = i2c_new_client_device(adapter, i2c_devs[i]);
+			if (IS_ERR(client))
 				pr_err("can't create i2c device %s\n",
 					i2c_devs[i]->type);
 		} else