diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qcom-geni.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qcom-geni.c
index b56a427fb928..d4ca00df6a5e 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qcom-geni.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qcom-geni.c
@@ -641,6 +641,14 @@ static int geni_i2c_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void geni_i2c_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct geni_i2c_dev *gi2c = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+
+	/* Make client i2c transfers start failing */
+	i2c_mark_adapter_suspended(&gi2c->adap);
+}
+
 static int __maybe_unused geni_i2c_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -701,6 +709,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, geni_i2c_dt_match);
 static struct platform_driver geni_i2c_driver = {
 	.probe  = geni_i2c_probe,
 	.remove = geni_i2c_remove,
+	.shutdown = geni_i2c_shutdown,
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "geni_i2c",
 		.pm = &geni_i2c_pm_ops,