diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index 5a00bf443d0647216927ba63504338f5c483b9c5..edfc23e496300d2b702dc0a455b59f72e8796d36 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ static int i2c_device_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 	struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
 	int rc;
 
+	rc = of_device_uevent_modalias(dev, env);
+	if (rc != -ENODEV)
+		return rc;
+
 	rc = acpi_device_uevent_modalias(dev, env);
 	if (rc != -ENODEV)
 		return rc;
@@ -439,6 +443,10 @@ show_modalias(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 	struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
 	int len;
 
+	len = of_device_modalias(dev, buf, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (len != -ENODEV)
+		return len;
+
 	len = acpi_device_modalias(dev, buf, PAGE_SIZE -1);
 	if (len != -ENODEV)
 		return len;