diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/i2c.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/i2c.rst
index f3939f7852bd..e6d4808ffbab 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/i2c.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/i2c.rst
@@ -42,5 +42,5 @@ i2c_adapter devices which don't support those I2C operations.
 .. kernel-doc:: drivers/i2c/i2c-boardinfo.c
    :functions: i2c_register_board_info
 
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
    :export:
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/Makefile b/drivers/i2c/Makefile
index 45095b3d16a9..d459c7e59076 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/i2c/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_I2C_BOARDINFO)	+= i2c-boardinfo.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_I2C)		+= i2c-core.o
+i2c-core-objs 			:= i2c-core-base.o
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_I2C_SMBUS)		+= i2c-smbus.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV)	+= i2c-dev.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_I2C_MUX)		+= i2c-mux.o
@@ -12,4 +14,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_I2C_STUB)		+= i2c-stub.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_I2C_SLAVE_EEPROM)	+= i2c-slave-eeprom.o
 
 ccflags-$(CONFIG_I2C_DEBUG_CORE) := -DDEBUG
-CFLAGS_i2c-core.o := -Wno-deprecated-declarations
+CFLAGS_i2c-core-base.o := -Wno-deprecated-declarations
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c
index c453717b753b..3c41995634c2 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ i2c_dw_xfer_msg(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
 			 */
 
 			/*
-			 * i2c-core.c always sets the buffer length of
+			 * i2c-core always sets the buffer length of
 			 * I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA to 1. The length will
 			 * be adjusted when receiving the first byte.
 			 * Thus we can't stop the transaction here.
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
rename to drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c