diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
index 703588e9990a..84841ed13487 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ struct i2c_client *i2c_acpi_new_device_by_fwnode(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 {
 	struct i2c_acpi_lookup lookup;
 	struct i2c_adapter *adapter;
+	struct i2c_client *client;
 	struct acpi_device *adev;
 	LIST_HEAD(resource_list);
 	int ret;
@@ -576,7 +577,10 @@ struct i2c_client *i2c_acpi_new_device_by_fwnode(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 	if (!adapter)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
 
-	return i2c_new_client_device(adapter, info);
+	client = i2c_new_client_device(adapter, info);
+	put_device(&adapter->dev);
+
+	return client;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_acpi_new_device_by_fwnode);