diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/Makefile b/drivers/i2c/busses/Makefile
index c852d2737037729485ef304a9c2961caa7a8bd23..d5f56e6179a4b46d8044a0b2e64bb1d0122f96b1 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/Makefile
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_I2C_CBUS_GPIO)	+= i2c-cbus-gpio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_I2C_CPM)		+= i2c-cpm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_I2C_DAVINCI)	+= i2c-davinci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_I2C_DESIGNWARE_CORE)	+= i2c-designware-core.o
-i2c-designware-core-objs := i2c-designware-common.o i2c-designware-master.o
+i2c-designware-core-objs := i2c-designware-common.o
+i2c-designware-core-objs += i2c-designware-master.o
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_I2C_DESIGNWARE_SLAVE),y)
 i2c-designware-core-objs += i2c-designware-slave.o
 endif
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h
index b2f894f6852335373929775b3a2fc4ee05e75f8e..1674caf277451d66a4c7d913c14f37172879f67e 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static inline void __i2c_dw_disable_nowait(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
 void __i2c_dw_disable(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev);
 
 extern void i2c_dw_configure_master(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev);
-extern int i2c_dw_probe(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev);
+extern int i2c_dw_probe_master(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev);
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_I2C_DESIGNWARE_SLAVE)
 extern void i2c_dw_configure_slave(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev);
@@ -325,6 +325,19 @@ static inline void i2c_dw_configure_slave(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev) { }
 static inline int i2c_dw_probe_slave(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev) { return -EINVAL; }
 #endif
 
+static inline int i2c_dw_probe(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
+{
+	switch (dev->mode) {
+	case DW_IC_SLAVE:
+		return i2c_dw_probe_slave(dev);
+	case DW_IC_MASTER:
+		return i2c_dw_probe_master(dev);
+	default:
+		dev_err(dev->dev, "Wrong operation mode: %d\n", dev->mode);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+}
+
 static inline void i2c_dw_configure(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
 {
 	if (i2c_detect_slave_mode(dev->dev))
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c
index 139ba98c4033155d634ab0cbda8634d3a4c04f58..95eeec53c744fd300f62a5299b6427418801cf62 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ static int i2c_dw_init_recovery_info(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int i2c_dw_probe(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
+int i2c_dw_probe_master(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct i2c_adapter *adap = &dev->adapter;
 	unsigned long irq_flags;
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ int i2c_dw_probe(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_dw_probe);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_dw_probe_master);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Synopsys DesignWare I2C bus master adapter");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-pcidrv.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-pcidrv.c
index d5e5abc03683fa330e7bebdabcfb9b44e891c653..7e994f366a5e8f29e563a0c73ca7c41ab122958e 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-pcidrv.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-pcidrv.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static int i2c_dw_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	ACPI_COMPANION_SET(&adap->dev, ACPI_COMPANION(&pdev->dev));
 	adap->nr = controller->bus_num;
 
-	r = i2c_dw_probe(dev);
+	r = i2c_dw_probe_master(dev);
 	if (r) {
 		pci_free_irq_vectors(pdev);
 		return r;
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c
index 8ca5d0f7672db8ec8d3353323d4f1b852d767f82..c6f04449036a8109a0234e44a938ae56adc30eb8 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c
@@ -331,11 +331,7 @@ static int dw_i2c_plat_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
 
-	if (dev->mode == DW_IC_SLAVE)
-		ret = i2c_dw_probe_slave(dev);
-	else
-		ret = i2c_dw_probe(dev);
-
+	ret = i2c_dw_probe(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		goto exit_probe;