diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi-core.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi-core.c
index 4e161a4089d8..7728c8460dc0 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi-core.c
@@ -333,7 +333,6 @@ int pasemi_i2c_common_probe(struct pasemi_smbus *smbus)
 	smbus->adapter.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	snprintf(smbus->adapter.name, sizeof(smbus->adapter.name),
 		 "PA Semi SMBus adapter (%s)", dev_name(smbus->dev));
-	smbus->adapter.class = I2C_CLASS_HWMON | I2C_CLASS_SPD;
 	smbus->adapter.algo = &smbus_algorithm;
 	smbus->adapter.algo_data = smbus;
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi-pci.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi-pci.c
index 1ab1f28744fb..cfc89e04eb94 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi-pci.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ static int pasemi_smb_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev,
 	if (!smbus->ioaddr)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
+	smbus->adapter.class = I2C_CLASS_HWMON | I2C_CLASS_SPD;
 	error = pasemi_i2c_common_probe(smbus);
 	if (error)
 		return error;