diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index 457504a0e5677a78efb17b6a7825a985800bb06e..1072a47ce775b783184f219d602949521025e66c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -1048,6 +1048,7 @@ i2c_new_client_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_board_info const *inf
 	client->dev.of_node = of_node_get(info->of_node);
 	client->dev.fwnode = info->fwnode;
 
+	device_enable_async_suspend(&client->dev);
 	i2c_dev_set_name(adap, client, info);
 
 	if (info->swnode) {