diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
index b1b8b938d7f423..15f6cde6452f71 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ static inline unsigned char imx_i2c_read_reg(struct imx_i2c_struct *i2c_imx,
 }
 
 /* Functions for DMA support */
-static int i2c_imx_dma_request(struct imx_i2c_struct *i2c_imx,
-			       dma_addr_t phy_addr)
+static void i2c_imx_dma_request(struct imx_i2c_struct *i2c_imx,
+						dma_addr_t phy_addr)
 {
 	struct imx_i2c_dma *dma;
 	struct dma_slave_config dma_sconfig;
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static int i2c_imx_dma_request(struct imx_i2c_struct *i2c_imx,
 
 	dma = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*dma), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dma)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return;
 
 	dma->chan_tx = dma_request_chan(dev, "tx");
 	if (IS_ERR(dma->chan_tx)) {
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static int i2c_imx_dma_request(struct imx_i2c_struct *i2c_imx,
 	dev_info(dev, "using %s (tx) and %s (rx) for DMA transfers\n",
 		dma_chan_name(dma->chan_tx), dma_chan_name(dma->chan_rx));
 
-	return 0;
+	return;
 
 fail_rx:
 	dma_release_channel(dma->chan_rx);
@@ -336,8 +336,6 @@ static int i2c_imx_dma_request(struct imx_i2c_struct *i2c_imx,
 	dma_release_channel(dma->chan_tx);
 fail_al:
 	devm_kfree(dev, dma);
-	/* return successfully if there is no dma support */
-	return ret == -ENODEV ? 0 : ret;
 }
 
 static void i2c_imx_dma_callback(void *arg)
@@ -1165,17 +1163,13 @@ static int i2c_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	dev_dbg(&i2c_imx->adapter.dev, "device resources: %pR\n", res);
 	dev_dbg(&i2c_imx->adapter.dev, "adapter name: \"%s\"\n",
 		i2c_imx->adapter.name);
+	dev_info(&i2c_imx->adapter.dev, "IMX I2C adapter registered\n");
 
 	/* Init DMA config if supported */
-	ret = i2c_imx_dma_request(i2c_imx, phy_addr);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto del_adapter;
+	i2c_imx_dma_request(i2c_imx, phy_addr);
 
-	dev_info(&i2c_imx->adapter.dev, "IMX I2C adapter registered\n");
 	return 0;   /* Return OK */
 
-del_adapter:
-	i2c_del_adapter(&i2c_imx->adapter);
 clk_notifier_unregister:
 	clk_notifier_unregister(i2c_imx->clk, &i2c_imx->clk_change_nb);
 rpm_disable: