diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 550853f79ae8..4ac33670797f 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ static int i2c_device_probe(struct device *dev)
 	if (!driver->probe || !driver->id_table)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	client->driver = driver;
+	if (!device_can_wakeup(&client->dev))
+		device_init_wakeup(&client->dev,
+					client->flags & I2C_CLIENT_WAKE);
 	dev_dbg(dev, "probe\n");
 
 	status = driver->probe(client, i2c_match_id(driver->id_table, client));
@@ -262,9 +265,8 @@ i2c_new_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_board_info const *info)
 	client->adapter = adap;
 
 	client->dev.platform_data = info->platform_data;
-	device_init_wakeup(&client->dev, info->flags & I2C_CLIENT_WAKE);
 
-	client->flags = info->flags & ~I2C_CLIENT_WAKE;
+	client->flags = info->flags;
 	client->addr = info->addr;
 	client->irq = info->irq;