diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index b186de31a9ee..dc3c60a7d382 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -961,6 +961,7 @@ static void i2c_unlock_addr(struct i2c_adapter *adap, unsigned short addr,
 struct i2c_client *
 i2c_new_client_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_board_info const *info)
 {
+	struct fwnode_handle *fwnode;
 	struct i2c_client *client;
 	bool need_put = false;
 	int status;
@@ -1001,18 +1002,19 @@ i2c_new_client_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_board_info const *inf
 	client->dev.parent = &client->adapter->dev;
 	client->dev.bus = &i2c_bus_type;
 	client->dev.type = &i2c_client_type;
-	client->dev.of_node = of_node_get(info->of_node);
-	client->dev.fwnode = info->fwnode;
 
 	device_enable_async_suspend(&client->dev);
 
+	fwnode = info->fwnode ?: of_fwnode_handle(info->of_node);
+	device_set_node(&client->dev, fwnode_handle_get(fwnode));
+
 	if (info->swnode) {
 		status = device_add_software_node(&client->dev, info->swnode);
 		if (status) {
 			dev_err(&adap->dev,
 				"Failed to add software node to client %s: %d\n",
 				client->name, status);
-			goto out_err_put_of_node;
+			goto out_err_put_fwnode;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1031,8 +1033,8 @@ i2c_new_client_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_board_info const *inf
 out_remove_swnode:
 	device_remove_software_node(&client->dev);
 	need_put = true;
-out_err_put_of_node:
-	of_node_put(info->of_node);
+out_err_put_fwnode:
+	fwnode_handle_put(fwnode);
 out_err:
 	dev_err(&adap->dev,
 		"Failed to register i2c client %s at 0x%02x (%d)\n",
@@ -1060,12 +1062,11 @@ void i2c_unregister_device(struct i2c_client *client)
 		return;
 
 	fwnode = dev_fwnode(&client->dev);
-	if (is_of_node(fwnode)) {
+	if (is_of_node(fwnode))
 		of_node_clear_flag(to_of_node(fwnode), OF_POPULATED);
-		of_node_put(client->dev.of_node);
-	} else if (is_acpi_device_node(fwnode)) {
+	else if (is_acpi_device_node(fwnode))
 		acpi_device_clear_enumerated(to_acpi_device_node(fwnode));
-	}
+	fwnode_handle_put(fwnode);
 
 	device_remove_software_node(&client->dev);
 	device_unregister(&client->dev);
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
index 02feee6c9ba9..eb7fb202355f 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ int of_i2c_get_board_info(struct device *dev, struct device_node *node,
 	}
 
 	info->addr = addr;
-	info->of_node = node;
 	info->fwnode = of_fwnode_handle(node);
 
 	if (of_property_read_bool(node, "host-notify"))