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diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 9a58994ff7ea..131079a3e292 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -925,6 +925,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_add_adapter);
* or otherwise built in to the system's mainboard, and where i2c_board_info
* is used to properly configure I2C devices.
*
+ * If the requested bus number is set to -1, then this function will behave
+ * identically to i2c_add_adapter, and will dynamically assign a bus number.
+ *
* If no devices have pre-been declared for this bus, then be sure to
* register the adapter before any dynamically allocated ones. Otherwise
* the required bus ID may not be available.
@@ -940,6 +943,8 @@ int i2c_add_numbered_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
int id;
int status;
+ if (adap->nr == -1) /* -1 means dynamically assign bus id */
+ return i2c_add_adapter(adap);
if (adap->nr & ~MAX_ID_MASK)
return -EINVAL;