diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index b432b64e307a..86083e5e5520 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -679,6 +679,9 @@ static inline int i2c_acpi_install_space_handler(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
 static const struct i2c_device_id *i2c_match_id(const struct i2c_device_id *id,
 						const struct i2c_client *client)
 {
+	if (!(id && client))
+		return NULL;
+
 	while (id->name[0]) {
 		if (strcmp(client->name, id->name) == 0)
 			return id;
@@ -692,8 +695,6 @@ static int i2c_device_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 	struct i2c_client	*client = i2c_verify_client(dev);
 	struct i2c_driver	*driver;
 
-	if (!client)
-		return 0;
 
 	/* Attempt an OF style match */
 	if (of_driver_match_device(dev, drv))
@@ -704,9 +705,10 @@ static int i2c_device_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 		return 1;
 
 	driver = to_i2c_driver(drv);
-	/* match on an id table if there is one */
-	if (driver->id_table)
-		return i2c_match_id(driver->id_table, client) != NULL;
+
+	/* Finally an I2C match */
+	if (i2c_match_id(driver->id_table, client))
+		return 1;
 
 	return 0;
 }