diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-atr.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-atr.c
index b7c10ced5a43..8fe9ddff8e96 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-atr.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-atr.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static int i2c_atr_bus_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb,
 				dev_name(dev), ret);
 		break;
 
-	case BUS_NOTIFY_DEL_DEVICE:
+	case BUS_NOTIFY_REMOVED_DEVICE:
 		i2c_atr_detach_client(client->adapter, client);
 		break;
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index 7c810893bfa3..0c7ef2079ac7 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -1293,14 +1293,12 @@ new_device_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		info.flags |= I2C_CLIENT_SLAVE;
 	}
 
+	info.flags |= I2C_CLIENT_USER;
+
 	client = i2c_new_client_device(adap, &info);
 	if (IS_ERR(client))
 		return PTR_ERR(client);
 
-	/* Keep track of the added device */
-	mutex_lock(&adap->userspace_clients_lock);
-	list_add_tail(&client->detected, &adap->userspace_clients);
-	mutex_unlock(&adap->userspace_clients_lock);
 	dev_info(dev, "%s: Instantiated device %s at 0x%02hx\n", "new_device",
 		 info.type, info.addr);
 
@@ -1308,6 +1306,15 @@ new_device_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(new_device);
 
+static int __i2c_find_user_addr(struct device *dev, void *addrp)
+{
+	struct i2c_client *client = i2c_verify_client(dev);
+	unsigned short addr = *(unsigned short *)addrp;
+
+	return client && client->flags & I2C_CLIENT_USER &&
+	       i2c_encode_flags_to_addr(client) == addr;
+}
+
 /*
  * And of course let the users delete the devices they instantiated, if
  * they got it wrong. This interface can only be used to delete devices
@@ -1322,7 +1329,7 @@ delete_device_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		    const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	struct i2c_adapter *adap = to_i2c_adapter(dev);
-	struct i2c_client *client, *next;
+	struct device *child_dev;
 	unsigned short addr;
 	char end;
 	int res;
@@ -1338,28 +1345,19 @@ delete_device_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&core_lock);
 	/* Make sure the device was added through sysfs */
-	res = -ENOENT;
-	mutex_lock_nested(&adap->userspace_clients_lock,
-			  i2c_adapter_depth(adap));
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(client, next, &adap->userspace_clients,
-				 detected) {
-		if (i2c_encode_flags_to_addr(client) == addr) {
-			dev_info(dev, "%s: Deleting device %s at 0x%02hx\n",
-				 "delete_device", client->name, client->addr);
-
-			list_del(&client->detected);
-			i2c_unregister_device(client);
-			res = count;
-			break;
-		}
+	child_dev = device_find_child(&adap->dev, &addr, __i2c_find_user_addr);
+	if (child_dev) {
+		i2c_unregister_device(i2c_verify_client(child_dev));
+		put_device(child_dev);
+	} else {
+		dev_err(dev, "Can't find userspace-created device at %#x\n", addr);
+		count = -ENOENT;
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&adap->userspace_clients_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&core_lock);
 
-	if (res < 0)
-		dev_err(dev, "%s: Can't find device in list\n",
-			"delete_device");
-	return res;
+	return count;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR_IGNORE_LOCKDEP(delete_device, S_IWUSR, NULL,
 				  delete_device_store);
@@ -1530,8 +1528,6 @@ static int i2c_register_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 	adap->locked_flags = 0;
 	rt_mutex_init(&adap->bus_lock);
 	rt_mutex_init(&adap->mux_lock);
-	mutex_init(&adap->userspace_clients_lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&adap->userspace_clients);
 
 	/* Set default timeout to 1 second if not already set */
 	if (adap->timeout == 0)
@@ -1562,6 +1558,7 @@ static int i2c_register_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 	res = device_add(&adap->dev);
 	if (res) {
 		pr_err("adapter '%s': can't register device (%d)\n", adap->name, res);
+		put_device(&adap->dev);
 		goto out_list;
 	}
 
@@ -1696,23 +1693,6 @@ int i2c_add_numbered_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_add_numbered_adapter);
 
-static void i2c_do_del_adapter(struct i2c_driver *driver,
-			      struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
-{
-	struct i2c_client *client, *_n;
-
-	/* Remove the devices we created ourselves as the result of hardware
-	 * probing (using a driver's detect method) */
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(client, _n, &driver->clients, detected) {
-		if (client->adapter == adapter) {
-			dev_dbg(&adapter->dev, "Removing %s at 0x%x\n",
-				client->name, client->addr);
-			list_del(&client->detected);
-			i2c_unregister_device(client);
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 static int __unregister_client(struct device *dev, void *dummy)
 {
 	struct i2c_client *client = i2c_verify_client(dev);
@@ -1728,12 +1708,6 @@ static int __unregister_dummy(struct device *dev, void *dummy)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __process_removed_adapter(struct device_driver *d, void *data)
-{
-	i2c_do_del_adapter(to_i2c_driver(d), data);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /**
  * i2c_del_adapter - unregister I2C adapter
  * @adap: the adapter being unregistered
@@ -1745,7 +1719,6 @@ static int __process_removed_adapter(struct device_driver *d, void *data)
 void i2c_del_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 {
 	struct i2c_adapter *found;
-	struct i2c_client *client, *next;
 
 	/* First make sure that this adapter was ever added */
 	mutex_lock(&core_lock);
@@ -1757,31 +1730,16 @@ void i2c_del_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 	}
 
 	i2c_acpi_remove_space_handler(adap);
-	/* Tell drivers about this removal */
-	mutex_lock(&core_lock);
-	bus_for_each_drv(&i2c_bus_type, NULL, adap,
-			       __process_removed_adapter);
-	mutex_unlock(&core_lock);
-
-	/* Remove devices instantiated from sysfs */
-	mutex_lock_nested(&adap->userspace_clients_lock,
-			  i2c_adapter_depth(adap));
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(client, next, &adap->userspace_clients,
-				 detected) {
-		dev_dbg(&adap->dev, "Removing %s at 0x%x\n", client->name,
-			client->addr);
-		list_del(&client->detected);
-		i2c_unregister_device(client);
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&adap->userspace_clients_lock);
 
 	/* Detach any active clients. This can't fail, thus we do not
 	 * check the returned value. This is a two-pass process, because
 	 * we can't remove the dummy devices during the first pass: they
 	 * could have been instantiated by real devices wishing to clean
 	 * them up properly, so we give them a chance to do that first. */
+	mutex_lock(&core_lock);
 	device_for_each_child(&adap->dev, NULL, __unregister_client);
 	device_for_each_child(&adap->dev, NULL, __unregister_dummy);
+	mutex_unlock(&core_lock);
 
 	/* device name is gone after device_unregister */
 	dev_dbg(&adap->dev, "adapter [%s] unregistered\n", adap->name);
@@ -2001,7 +1959,6 @@ int i2c_register_driver(struct module *owner, struct i2c_driver *driver)
 	/* add the driver to the list of i2c drivers in the driver core */
 	driver->driver.owner = owner;
 	driver->driver.bus = &i2c_bus_type;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&driver->clients);
 
 	/* When registration returns, the driver core
 	 * will have called probe() for all matching-but-unbound devices.
@@ -2019,10 +1976,13 @@ int i2c_register_driver(struct module *owner, struct i2c_driver *driver)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_register_driver);
 
-static int __process_removed_driver(struct device *dev, void *data)
+static int __i2c_unregister_detected_client(struct device *dev, void *argp)
 {
-	if (dev->type == &i2c_adapter_type)
-		i2c_do_del_adapter(data, to_i2c_adapter(dev));
+	struct i2c_client *client = i2c_verify_client(dev);
+
+	if (client && client->flags & I2C_CLIENT_AUTO)
+		i2c_unregister_device(client);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2033,7 +1993,12 @@ static int __process_removed_driver(struct device *dev, void *data)
  */
 void i2c_del_driver(struct i2c_driver *driver)
 {
-	i2c_for_each_dev(driver, __process_removed_driver);
+	mutex_lock(&core_lock);
+	/* Satisfy __must_check, function can't fail */
+	if (driver_for_each_device(&driver->driver, NULL, NULL,
+				   __i2c_unregister_detected_client)) {
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&core_lock);
 
 	driver_unregister(&driver->driver);
 	pr_debug("driver [%s] unregistered\n", driver->driver.name);
@@ -2460,6 +2425,7 @@ static int i2c_detect_address(struct i2c_client *temp_client,
 	/* Finally call the custom detection function */
 	memset(&info, 0, sizeof(struct i2c_board_info));
 	info.addr = addr;
+	info.flags = I2C_CLIENT_AUTO;
 	err = driver->detect(temp_client, &info);
 	if (err) {
 		/* -ENODEV is returned if the detection fails. We catch it
@@ -2486,9 +2452,7 @@ static int i2c_detect_address(struct i2c_client *temp_client,
 		dev_dbg(&adapter->dev, "Creating %s at 0x%02x\n",
 			info.type, info.addr);
 		client = i2c_new_client_device(adapter, &info);
-		if (!IS_ERR(client))
-			list_add_tail(&client->detected, &driver->clients);
-		else
+		if (IS_ERR(client))
 			dev_err(&adapter->dev, "Failed creating %s at 0x%02x\n",
 				info.type, info.addr);
 	}
@@ -2498,7 +2462,7 @@ static int i2c_detect_address(struct i2c_client *temp_client,
 static int i2c_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, struct i2c_driver *driver)
 {
 	const unsigned short *address_list;
-	struct i2c_client *temp_client;
+	struct i2c_client temp_client;
 	int i, err = 0;
 
 	address_list = driver->address_list;
@@ -2519,22 +2483,19 @@ static int i2c_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, struct i2c_driver *driver)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Set up a temporary client to help detect callback */
-	temp_client = kzalloc(sizeof(struct i2c_client), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!temp_client)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	temp_client->adapter = adapter;
+	memset(&temp_client, 0, sizeof(temp_client));
+	temp_client.adapter = adapter;
 
 	for (i = 0; address_list[i] != I2C_CLIENT_END; i += 1) {
 		dev_dbg(&adapter->dev,
 			"found normal entry for adapter %d, addr 0x%02x\n",
 			i2c_adapter_id(adapter), address_list[i]);
-		temp_client->addr = address_list[i];
-		err = i2c_detect_address(temp_client, driver);
+		temp_client.addr = address_list[i];
+		err = i2c_detect_address(&temp_client, driver);
 		if (unlikely(err))
 			break;
 	}
 
-	kfree(temp_client);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-slave-eeprom.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-slave-eeprom.c
index 5946c0d0aef9..275d1d0e910f 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-slave-eeprom.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-slave-eeprom.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static int i2c_slave_eeprom_slave_cb(struct i2c_client *client,
 }
 
 static ssize_t i2c_slave_eeprom_bin_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
-		struct bin_attribute *attr, char *buf, loff_t off, size_t count)
+		const struct bin_attribute *attr, char *buf, loff_t off, size_t count)
 {
 	struct eeprom_data *eeprom;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static ssize_t i2c_slave_eeprom_bin_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj
 }
 
 static ssize_t i2c_slave_eeprom_bin_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
-		struct bin_attribute *attr, char *buf, loff_t off, size_t count)
+		const struct bin_attribute *attr, char *buf, loff_t off, size_t count)
 {
 	struct eeprom_data *eeprom;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ static int i2c_slave_eeprom_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 	sysfs_bin_attr_init(&eeprom->bin);
 	eeprom->bin.attr.name = "slave-eeprom";
 	eeprom->bin.attr.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
-	eeprom->bin.read = i2c_slave_eeprom_bin_read;
-	eeprom->bin.write = i2c_slave_eeprom_bin_write;
+	eeprom->bin.read_new = i2c_slave_eeprom_bin_read;
+	eeprom->bin.write_new = i2c_slave_eeprom_bin_write;
 	eeprom->bin.size = size;
 
 	ret = sysfs_create_bin_file(&client->dev.kobj, &eeprom->bin);
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index 388ce71a29a9..66fb3d6cf686 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ enum i2c_driver_flags {
  * @id_table: List of I2C devices supported by this driver
  * @detect: Callback for device detection
  * @address_list: The I2C addresses to probe (for detect)
- * @clients: List of detected clients we created (for i2c-core use only)
  * @flags: A bitmask of flags defined in &enum i2c_driver_flags
  *
  * The driver.owner field should be set to the module owner of this driver.
@@ -299,7 +298,6 @@ struct i2c_driver {
 	/* Device detection callback for automatic device creation */
 	int (*detect)(struct i2c_client *client, struct i2c_board_info *info);
 	const unsigned short *address_list;
-	struct list_head clients;
 
 	u32 flags;
 };
@@ -315,8 +313,6 @@ struct i2c_driver {
  * @dev: Driver model device node for the slave.
  * @init_irq: IRQ that was set at initialization
  * @irq: indicates the IRQ generated by this device (if any)
- * @detected: member of an i2c_driver.clients list or i2c-core's
- *	userspace_devices list
  * @slave_cb: Callback when I2C slave mode of an adapter is used. The adapter
  *	calls it to pass on slave events to the slave driver.
  * @devres_group_id: id of the devres group that will be created for resources
@@ -334,6 +330,8 @@ struct i2c_client {
 #define I2C_CLIENT_SLAVE	0x20	/* we are the slave */
 #define I2C_CLIENT_HOST_NOTIFY	0x40	/* We want to use I2C host notify */
 #define I2C_CLIENT_WAKE		0x80	/* for board_info; true iff can wake */
+#define I2C_CLIENT_AUTO		0x100	/* client was auto-detected */
+#define I2C_CLIENT_USER		0x200	/* client was userspace-created */
 #define I2C_CLIENT_SCCB		0x9000	/* Use Omnivision SCCB protocol */
 					/* Must match I2C_M_STOP|IGNORE_NAK */
 
@@ -345,7 +343,6 @@ struct i2c_client {
 	struct device dev;		/* the device structure		*/
 	int init_irq;			/* irq set at initialization	*/
 	int irq;			/* irq issued by device		*/
-	struct list_head detected;
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_I2C_SLAVE)
 	i2c_slave_cb_t slave_cb;	/* callback for slave mode	*/
 #endif
@@ -751,9 +748,6 @@ struct i2c_adapter {
 	char name[48];
 	struct completion dev_released;
 
-	struct mutex userspace_clients_lock;
-	struct list_head userspace_clients;
-
 	struct i2c_bus_recovery_info *bus_recovery_info;
 	const struct i2c_adapter_quirks *quirks;
 
diff --git a/sound/ppc/keywest.c b/sound/ppc/keywest.c
index 3d3513d9def5..4ce81ac7f700 100644
--- a/sound/ppc/keywest.c
+++ b/sound/ppc/keywest.c
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ static int keywest_attach_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 	
-	/*
-	 * Let i2c-core delete that device on driver removal.
-	 * This is safe because i2c-core holds the core_lock mutex for us.
-	 */
-	list_add_tail(&keywest_ctx->client->detected,
-		      &to_i2c_driver(keywest_ctx->client->dev.driver)->clients);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -99,6 +93,7 @@ static struct i2c_driver keywest_driver = {
 void snd_pmac_keywest_cleanup(struct pmac_keywest *i2c)
 {
 	if (keywest_ctx && keywest_ctx == i2c) {
+		i2c_unregister_device(keywest_ctx->client);
 		i2c_del_driver(&keywest_driver);
 		keywest_ctx = NULL;
 	}