diff --git a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
index dbd04492825d..d053b86d0e2e 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
@@ -1268,6 +1268,7 @@ static struct i2c_driver i2c_hid_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name	= "i2c_hid",
 		.pm	= &i2c_hid_pm,
+		.probe_type = PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS,
 		.acpi_match_table = ACPI_PTR(i2c_hid_acpi_match),
 		.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(i2c_hid_of_match),
 	},