diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index a24e267fd189b7aebc06f001cf5d5c66f9e66e98..44f2ecf47d9f659b4ec1dbcfea75b26252f6d6bc 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ struct i2c_client {
 
 static inline struct i2c_client *kobj_to_i2c_client(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
-	return to_i2c_client(container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj));
+	struct device * const dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	return to_i2c_client(dev);
 }
 
 static inline void *i2c_get_clientdata (struct i2c_client *dev)