diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 583e95042a21d86fe235d2e9784a1f6a6723205b..1e52395e90a7417da1aceb97727ee6d6216b719d 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ static int i2c_acpi_get_info(struct acpi_device *adev,
 
 	acpi_dev_free_resource_list(&resource_list);
 
-	strlcpy(info->type, dev_name(&adev->dev), sizeof(info->type));
+	acpi_set_modalias(adev, dev_name(&adev->dev), info->type,
+			  sizeof(info->type));
 
 	return 0;
 }