diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_drv.c
index f6d2681f6927..9e13e466e72c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_drv.c
@@ -981,10 +981,10 @@ static int adv7511_init_cec_regmap(struct adv7511 *adv)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	adv->i2c_cec = i2c_new_secondary_device(adv->i2c_main, "cec",
+	adv->i2c_cec = i2c_new_ancillary_device(adv->i2c_main, "cec",
 						ADV7511_CEC_I2C_ADDR_DEFAULT);
-	if (!adv->i2c_cec)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (IS_ERR(adv->i2c_cec))
+		return PTR_ERR(adv->i2c_cec);
 	i2c_set_clientdata(adv->i2c_cec, adv);
 
 	adv->regmap_cec = devm_regmap_init_i2c(adv->i2c_cec,
@@ -1165,20 +1165,20 @@ static int adv7511_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 
 	adv7511_packet_disable(adv7511, 0xffff);
 
-	adv7511->i2c_edid = i2c_new_secondary_device(i2c, "edid",
+	adv7511->i2c_edid = i2c_new_ancillary_device(i2c, "edid",
 					ADV7511_EDID_I2C_ADDR_DEFAULT);
-	if (!adv7511->i2c_edid) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+	if (IS_ERR(adv7511->i2c_edid)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(adv7511->i2c_edid);
 		goto uninit_regulators;
 	}
 
 	regmap_write(adv7511->regmap, ADV7511_REG_EDID_I2C_ADDR,
 		     adv7511->i2c_edid->addr << 1);
 
-	adv7511->i2c_packet = i2c_new_secondary_device(i2c, "packet",
+	adv7511->i2c_packet = i2c_new_ancillary_device(i2c, "packet",
 					ADV7511_PACKET_I2C_ADDR_DEFAULT);
-	if (!adv7511->i2c_packet) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+	if (IS_ERR(adv7511->i2c_packet)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(adv7511->i2c_packet);
 		goto err_i2c_unregister_edid;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index f26ed495d384..76cb91e064b8 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ struct i2c_client *devm_i2c_new_dummy_device(struct device *dev,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_i2c_new_dummy_device);
 
 /**
- * i2c_new_secondary_device - Helper to get the instantiated secondary address
+ * i2c_new_ancillary_device - Helper to get the instantiated secondary address
  * and create the associated device
  * @client: Handle to the primary client
  * @name: Handle to specify which secondary address to get
@@ -985,9 +985,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_i2c_new_dummy_device);
  * cell whose "reg-names" value matches the slave name.
  *
  * This returns the new i2c client, which should be saved for later use with
- * i2c_unregister_device(); or NULL to indicate an error.
+ * i2c_unregister_device(); or an ERR_PTR to describe the error.
  */
-struct i2c_client *i2c_new_secondary_device(struct i2c_client *client,
+struct i2c_client *i2c_new_ancillary_device(struct i2c_client *client,
 						const char *name,
 						u16 default_addr)
 {
@@ -1002,9 +1002,9 @@ struct i2c_client *i2c_new_secondary_device(struct i2c_client *client,
 	}
 
 	dev_dbg(&client->adapter->dev, "Address for %s : 0x%x\n", name, addr);
-	return i2c_new_dummy(client->adapter, addr);
+	return i2c_new_dummy_device(client->adapter, addr);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_new_secondary_device);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_new_ancillary_device);
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x-core.c b/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x-core.c
index f57cd77a32fa..2567de2b0037 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/adv748x/adv748x-core.c
@@ -183,14 +183,14 @@ static int adv748x_initialise_clients(struct adv748x_state *state)
 	int ret;
 
 	for (i = ADV748X_PAGE_DPLL; i < ADV748X_PAGE_MAX; ++i) {
-		state->i2c_clients[i] = i2c_new_secondary_device(
+		state->i2c_clients[i] = i2c_new_ancillary_device(
 				state->client,
 				adv748x_default_addresses[i].name,
 				adv748x_default_addresses[i].default_addr);
 
-		if (state->i2c_clients[i] == NULL) {
+		if (IS_ERR(state->i2c_clients[i])) {
 			adv_err(state, "failed to create i2c client %u\n", i);
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			return PTR_ERR(state->i2c_clients[i]);
 		}
 
 		ret = adv748x_configure_regmap(state, i);
diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/adv7604.c b/drivers/media/i2c/adv7604.c
index 28a84bf9f8a9..2dedd6ebb236 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/adv7604.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/adv7604.c
@@ -2862,10 +2862,8 @@ static void adv76xx_unregister_clients(struct adv76xx_state *state)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	for (i = 1; i < ARRAY_SIZE(state->i2c_clients); ++i) {
-		if (state->i2c_clients[i])
-			i2c_unregister_device(state->i2c_clients[i]);
-	}
+	for (i = 1; i < ARRAY_SIZE(state->i2c_clients); ++i)
+		i2c_unregister_device(state->i2c_clients[i]);
 }
 
 static struct i2c_client *adv76xx_dummy_client(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
@@ -2878,14 +2876,14 @@ static struct i2c_client *adv76xx_dummy_client(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
 	struct i2c_client *new_client;
 
 	if (pdata && pdata->i2c_addresses[page])
-		new_client = i2c_new_dummy(client->adapter,
+		new_client = i2c_new_dummy_device(client->adapter,
 					   pdata->i2c_addresses[page]);
 	else
-		new_client = i2c_new_secondary_device(client,
+		new_client = i2c_new_ancillary_device(client,
 				adv76xx_default_addresses[page].name,
 				adv76xx_default_addresses[page].default_addr);
 
-	if (new_client)
+	if (!IS_ERR(new_client))
 		io_write(sd, io_reg, new_client->addr << 1);
 
 	return new_client;
@@ -3516,15 +3514,19 @@ static int adv76xx_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	}
 
 	for (i = 1; i < ADV76XX_PAGE_MAX; ++i) {
+		struct i2c_client *dummy_client;
+
 		if (!(BIT(i) & state->info->page_mask))
 			continue;
 
-		state->i2c_clients[i] = adv76xx_dummy_client(sd, i);
-		if (!state->i2c_clients[i]) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
+		dummy_client = adv76xx_dummy_client(sd, i);
+		if (IS_ERR(dummy_client)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(dummy_client);
 			v4l2_err(sd, "failed to create i2c client %u\n", i);
 			goto err_i2c;
 		}
+
+		state->i2c_clients[i] = dummy_client;
 	}
 
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&state->delayed_work_enable_hotplug,
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index fa5552c2307b..ebbe024dd9e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ extern struct i2c_client *
 devm_i2c_new_dummy_device(struct device *dev, struct i2c_adapter *adap, u16 address);
 
 extern struct i2c_client *
-i2c_new_secondary_device(struct i2c_client *client,
+i2c_new_ancillary_device(struct i2c_client *client,
 				const char *name,
 				u16 default_addr);
 
