diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-smbus.c b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-smbus.c
index 027efdd2b2ad..a472489ccbad 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-smbus.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-smbus.c
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ static int psmouse_smbus_create_companion(struct device *dev, void *data)
 	struct psmouse_smbus_dev *smbdev = data;
 	unsigned short addr_list[] = { smbdev->board.addr, I2C_CLIENT_END };
 	struct i2c_adapter *adapter;
+	struct i2c_client *client;
 
 	adapter = i2c_verify_adapter(dev);
 	if (!adapter)
@@ -198,12 +199,13 @@ static int psmouse_smbus_create_companion(struct device *dev, void *data)
 	if (!i2c_check_functionality(adapter, I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_HOST_NOTIFY))
 		return 0;
 
-	smbdev->client = i2c_new_probed_device(adapter, &smbdev->board,
-					       addr_list, NULL);
-	if (!smbdev->client)
+	client = i2c_new_scanned_device(adapter, &smbdev->board,
+					addr_list, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(client))
 		return 0;
 
 	/* We have our(?) device, stop iterating i2c bus. */
+	smbdev->client = client;
 	return 1;
 }