diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index af11b658984d76809c942622e54afa705e93b83a..ed7002dd9401f24e1286cf8c6581c2a9fe56974c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ static struct i2c_client *of_i2c_register_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
 
 static void of_i2c_register_devices(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 {
-	struct device_node *node;
+	struct device_node *bus, *node;
 
 	/* Only register child devices if the adapter has a node pointer set */
 	if (!adap->dev.of_node)
@@ -1419,11 +1419,17 @@ static void of_i2c_register_devices(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 
 	dev_dbg(&adap->dev, "of_i2c: walking child nodes\n");
 
-	for_each_available_child_of_node(adap->dev.of_node, node) {
+	bus = of_get_child_by_name(adap->dev.of_node, "i2c-bus");
+	if (!bus)
+		bus = of_node_get(adap->dev.of_node);
+
+	for_each_available_child_of_node(bus, node) {
 		if (of_node_test_and_set_flag(node, OF_POPULATED))
 			continue;
 		of_i2c_register_device(adap, node);
 	}
+
+	of_node_put(bus);
 }
 
 static int of_dev_node_match(struct device *dev, void *data)