diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
index e9c803dfba44..5c424d7bd76f 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
@@ -148,8 +148,17 @@ static int i2c_acpi_add_resource(struct acpi_resource *ares, void *data)
 	return 1; /* No need to add resource to the list */
 }
 
-static int i2c_acpi_get_irq(struct acpi_device *adev)
+/**
+ * i2c_acpi_get_irq - get device IRQ number from ACPI
+ * @client: Pointer to the I2C client device
+ *
+ * Find the IRQ number used by a specific client device.
+ *
+ * Return: The IRQ number or an error code.
+ */
+int i2c_acpi_get_irq(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
+	struct acpi_device *adev = ACPI_COMPANION(&client->dev);
 	struct list_head resource_list;
 	int irq = -ENOENT;
 	int ret;
@@ -201,11 +210,6 @@ static int i2c_acpi_get_info(struct acpi_device *adev,
 	if (adapter_handle)
 		*adapter_handle = lookup.adapter_handle;
 
-	/* Then fill IRQ number if any */
-	info->irq = i2c_acpi_get_irq(adev);
-	if (info->irq < 0)
-		return info->irq;
-
 	acpi_set_modalias(adev, dev_name(&adev->dev), info->type,
 			  sizeof(info->type));
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index fd4ecc9981b7..c4dbd0a9212b 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -335,7 +335,10 @@ static int i2c_device_probe(struct device *dev)
 			if (irq == -EINVAL || irq == -ENODATA)
 				irq = of_irq_get(dev->of_node, 0);
 		} else if (ACPI_COMPANION(dev)) {
-			irq = acpi_dev_gpio_irq_get(ACPI_COMPANION(dev), 0);
+			irq = i2c_acpi_get_irq(client);
+
+			if (irq == -ENOENT)
+				irq = acpi_dev_gpio_irq_get(ACPI_COMPANION(dev), 0);
 		}
 		if (irq == -EPROBE_DEFER)
 			return irq;
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h
index 8f3a08dc73a2..15c1411f35f0 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ const struct acpi_device_id *
 i2c_acpi_match_device(const struct acpi_device_id *matches,
 		      struct i2c_client *client);
 void i2c_acpi_register_devices(struct i2c_adapter *adap);
+
+int i2c_acpi_get_irq(struct i2c_client *client);
 #else /* CONFIG_ACPI */
 static inline void i2c_acpi_register_devices(struct i2c_adapter *adap) { }
 static inline const struct acpi_device_id *
@@ -80,6 +82,11 @@ i2c_acpi_match_device(const struct acpi_device_id *matches,
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+static inline int i2c_acpi_get_irq(struct i2c_client *client)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_ACPI */
 extern struct notifier_block i2c_acpi_notifier;