diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
index d3474d1f5e09..e9c803dfba44 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
@@ -148,12 +148,29 @@ 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)
+{
+	struct list_head resource_list;
+	int irq = -ENOENT;
+	int ret;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&resource_list);
+
+	ret = acpi_dev_get_resources(adev, &resource_list,
+				     i2c_acpi_add_resource, &irq);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	acpi_dev_free_resource_list(&resource_list);
+
+	return irq;
+}
+
 static int i2c_acpi_get_info(struct acpi_device *adev,
 			     struct i2c_board_info *info,
 			     struct i2c_adapter *adapter,
 			     acpi_handle *adapter_handle)
 {
-	struct list_head resource_list;
 	struct i2c_acpi_lookup lookup;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -185,13 +202,9 @@ static int i2c_acpi_get_info(struct acpi_device *adev,
 		*adapter_handle = lookup.adapter_handle;
 
 	/* Then fill IRQ number if any */
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&resource_list);
-	ret = acpi_dev_get_resources(adev, &resource_list,
-				     i2c_acpi_add_resource, &info->irq);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	acpi_dev_free_resource_list(&resource_list);
+	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));