diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 6b63cc7eb71e38ff31253c0e6af496b3b3b0bccb..48e31ed69dbf159f5e44f2ab2a4968896320c3eb 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -892,7 +892,8 @@ i2c_sysfs_delete_device(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 }
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(new_device, S_IWUSR, NULL, i2c_sysfs_new_device);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(delete_device, S_IWUSR, NULL, i2c_sysfs_delete_device);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_IGNORE_LOCKDEP(delete_device, S_IWUSR, NULL,
+				   i2c_sysfs_delete_device);
 
 static struct attribute *i2c_adapter_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_name.attr,