diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport.c
index a535889acca6..231145c48728 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport.c
@@ -267,6 +267,16 @@ static void i2c_parport_attach(struct parport *port)
 	int i;
 	struct pardev_cb i2c_parport_cb;
 
+	if (type < 0) {
+		pr_warn("adapter type unspecified\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (type >= ARRAY_SIZE(adapter_parm)) {
+		pr_warn("invalid type (%d)\n", type);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_DEVICE; i++) {
 		if (parport[i] == -1)
 			continue;
@@ -392,32 +402,8 @@ static struct parport_driver i2c_parport_driver = {
 	.detach = i2c_parport_detach,
 	.devmodel = true,
 };
-
-/* ----- Module loading, unloading and information ------------------------ */
-
-static int __init i2c_parport_init(void)
-{
-	if (type < 0) {
-		pr_warn("adapter type unspecified\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
-	if (type >= ARRAY_SIZE(adapter_parm)) {
-		pr_warn("invalid type (%d)\n", type);
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
-	return parport_register_driver(&i2c_parport_driver);
-}
-
-static void __exit i2c_parport_exit(void)
-{
-	parport_unregister_driver(&i2c_parport_driver);
-}
+module_parport_driver(i2c_parport_driver);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("I2C bus over parallel port");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-
-module_init(i2c_parport_init);
-module_exit(i2c_parport_exit);