if (ret < 0)
                return ret;
        else if (!ret)
-               return -ENODEV;
+               return -ENOENT;
 
        count = ret;
 
        if (ret < 0)
                return ret;
        else if (!ret)
-               return -ENODEV;
+               return -ENOENT;
 
        count = ret;
 
        const struct smi_node *node;
        struct acpi_device *adev;
        struct smi *smi;
+       int ret;
 
        adev = ACPI_COMPANION(dev);
        if (!adev)
        case SMI_SPI:
                return smi_spi_probe(pdev, adev, smi, node->instances);
        case SMI_AUTO_DETECT:
-               if (i2c_acpi_client_count(adev) > 0)
-                       return smi_i2c_probe(pdev, adev, smi, node->instances);
-               else
-                       return smi_spi_probe(pdev, adev, smi, node->instances);
+               /*
+                * For backwards-compatibility with the existing nodes I2C
+                * is checked first and if such entries are found ONLY I2C
+                * devices are created. Since some existing nodes that were
+                * already handled by this driver could also contain unrelated
+                * SpiSerialBus nodes that were previously ignored, and this
+                * preserves that behavior.
+                */
+               ret = smi_i2c_probe(pdev, adev, smi, node->instances);
+               if (ret != -ENOENT)
+                       return ret;
+               return smi_spi_probe(pdev, adev, smi, node->instances);
        default:
                return -EINVAL;
        }
-
-       return 0; /* never reached */
 }
 
 static int smi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)