diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index b8d6c5548314..e02479a5d4d2 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -14188,7 +14188,8 @@ F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/qcom,ethqos.txt
 F:	drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
 
 QUALCOMM GENERIC INTERFACE I2C DRIVER
-M:	Alok Chauhan <alokc@codeaurora.org>
+M:	Akash Asthana <akashast@codeaurora.org>
+M:	Mukesh Savaliya <msavaliy@codeaurora.org>
 L:	linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org
 L:	linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Supported
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-slave.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-slave.c
index 5427f047faf0..1589179d5eb9 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-slave.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-slave.c
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ int i2c_slave_register(struct i2c_client *client, i2c_slave_cb_t slave_cb)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!client || !slave_cb) {
-		WARN(1, "insufficient data\n");
+	if (WARN(IS_ERR_OR_NULL(client) || !slave_cb, "insufficient data\n"))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	if (!(client->flags & I2C_CLIENT_SLAVE))
 		dev_warn(&client->dev, "%s: client slave flag not set. You might see address collisions\n",
@@ -60,6 +58,9 @@ int i2c_slave_unregister(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(client))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (!client->adapter->algo->unreg_slave) {
 		dev_err(&client->dev, "%s: not supported by adapter\n", __func__);
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index ee328cf80bd9..4e7714c88f95 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ static inline u32 i2c_acpi_find_bus_speed(struct device *dev)
 static inline struct i2c_client *i2c_acpi_new_device(struct device *dev,
 					int index, struct i2c_board_info *info)
 {
-	return NULL;
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 }
 static inline struct i2c_adapter *i2c_acpi_find_adapter_by_handle(acpi_handle handle)
 {