diff --git a/drivers/mfd/palmas.c b/drivers/mfd/palmas.c
index 6818ff34837c..f5b3fa973b13 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/palmas.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/palmas.c
@@ -549,12 +549,12 @@ static int palmas_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 			palmas->i2c_clients[i] = i2c;
 		else {
 			palmas->i2c_clients[i] =
-					i2c_new_dummy(i2c->adapter,
+					i2c_new_dummy_device(i2c->adapter,
 							i2c->addr + i);
-			if (!palmas->i2c_clients[i]) {
+			if (IS_ERR(palmas->i2c_clients[i])) {
 				dev_err(palmas->dev,
 					"can't attach client %d\n", i);
-				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				ret = PTR_ERR(palmas->i2c_clients[i]);
 				goto err_i2c;
 			}
 			palmas->i2c_clients[i]->dev.of_node = of_node_get(node);