diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
index 5677443..4ff4f5c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@
 	{ 3840, 0x3F }, { 4096, 0x7B }, { 5120, 0x7D }, { 6144, 0x7E },
 };
 
+static const struct fsl_i2c_hwdata imx21_i2c_hwdata;
+
 struct fsl_i2c_hwdata {
 	unsigned		regshift;
 	struct fsl_i2c_clk_pair	*clk_div;
@@ -676,10 +678,14 @@
 	clk_enable(i2c_fsl->clk);
 #endif
 
-	i2c_fsl->hwdata = of_device_get_match_data(pdev);
-	if (!i2c_fsl->hwdata) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto fail;
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OFDEVICE)) {
+		i2c_fsl->hwdata = of_device_get_match_data(pdev);
+		if (!i2c_fsl->hwdata) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto fail;
+		}
+	} else {
+		i2c_fsl->hwdata = &imx21_i2c_hwdata;
 	}
 
 	/* Setup i2c_fsl driver structure */