diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 7bf38c418086e45aee6f7d6ba47f256eb65e47f6..c16dcad94412c438998ad9e2014061a7546931cb 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -1451,9 +1451,11 @@ i2c_new_probed_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
 		if ((addr_list[i] & ~0x07) == 0x30
 		 || (addr_list[i] & ~0x0f) == 0x50
 		 || !i2c_check_functionality(adap, I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_QUICK)) {
+			union i2c_smbus_data data;
+
 			if (i2c_smbus_xfer(adap, addr_list[i], 0,
 					   I2C_SMBUS_READ, 0,
-					   I2C_SMBUS_BYTE, NULL) >= 0)
+					   I2C_SMBUS_BYTE, &data) >= 0)
 				break;
 		} else {
 			if (i2c_smbus_xfer(adap, addr_list[i], 0,