diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 26384daccb968180c369207e70f35e0a3598e04d..c99ebeadb558bc54069aed54af89ecc321dc4486 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -327,6 +327,11 @@ void i2c_unregister_device(struct i2c_client *client)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_unregister_device);
 
 
+static const struct i2c_device_id dummy_id[] = {
+	{ "dummy", 0 },
+	{ },
+};
+
 static int dummy_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 		       const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 {
@@ -342,13 +347,13 @@ static struct i2c_driver dummy_driver = {
 	.driver.name	= "dummy",
 	.probe		= dummy_probe,
 	.remove		= dummy_remove,
+	.id_table	= dummy_id,
 };
 
 /**
  * i2c_new_dummy - return a new i2c device bound to a dummy driver
  * @adapter: the adapter managing the device
  * @address: seven bit address to be used
- * @type: optional label used for i2c_client.name
  * Context: can sleep
  *
  * This returns an I2C client bound to the "dummy" driver, intended for use
@@ -364,15 +369,12 @@ static struct i2c_driver dummy_driver = {
  * i2c_unregister_device(); or NULL to indicate an error.
  */
 struct i2c_client *
-i2c_new_dummy(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, u16 address, const char *type)
+i2c_new_dummy(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, u16 address)
 {
 	struct i2c_board_info info = {
-		.driver_name	= "dummy",
-		.addr		= address,
+		I2C_BOARD_INFO("dummy", address),
 	};
 
-	if (type)
-		strlcpy(info.type, type, sizeof info.type);
 	return i2c_new_device(adapter, &info);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_new_dummy);
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-s35390a.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-s35390a.c
index 29f47bacfc77b5503086473f858fb1cc6124f33e..a6fa1f2f2ca6b59726ab099e46a698b4e26cae2d 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-s35390a.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-s35390a.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static int s35390a_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	/* This chip uses multiple addresses, use dummy devices for them */
 	for (i = 1; i < 8; ++i) {
 		s35390a->client[i] = i2c_new_dummy(client->adapter,
-					client->addr + i, "rtc-s35390a");
+					client->addr + i);
 		if (!s35390a->client[i]) {
 			dev_err(&client->dev, "Address %02x unavailable\n",
 						client->addr + i);
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index cb63da5c2139f04c331f44da7e681c36ec07ece1..6716ec808c5e11efde450b526a6910cd25407de2 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ i2c_new_probed_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
  * client handles for the extra addresses.
  */
 extern struct i2c_client *
-i2c_new_dummy(struct i2c_adapter *adap, u16 address, const char *type);
+i2c_new_dummy(struct i2c_adapter *adap, u16 address);
 
 extern void i2c_unregister_device(struct i2c_client *);