#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/i2c.h>
 #include <linux/i2c-dev.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 static struct i2c_client i2cdev_client_template;
 
 struct i2c_dev {
+       struct list_head list;
        struct i2c_adapter *adap;
        struct class_device *class_dev;
 };
 
 #define I2C_MINORS     256
-static struct i2c_dev *i2c_dev_array[I2C_MINORS];
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(i2c_dev_array_lock);
+static LIST_HEAD(i2c_dev_list);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(i2c_dev_list_lock);
 
 static struct i2c_dev *i2c_dev_get_by_minor(unsigned index)
 {
        struct i2c_dev *i2c_dev;
 
-       spin_lock(&i2c_dev_array_lock);
-       i2c_dev = i2c_dev_array[index];
-       spin_unlock(&i2c_dev_array_lock);
+       spin_lock(&i2c_dev_list_lock);
+       list_for_each_entry(i2c_dev, &i2c_dev_list, list) {
+               if (i2c_dev->adap->nr == index)
+                       goto found;
+       }
+       i2c_dev = NULL;
+found:
+       spin_unlock(&i2c_dev_list_lock);
        return i2c_dev;
 }
 
 {
        struct i2c_dev *i2c_dev;
 
+       if (adap->nr >= I2C_MINORS) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "i2c-dev: Out of device minors (%d)\n",
+                      adap->nr);
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+       }
+
        i2c_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*i2c_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!i2c_dev)
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
-       spin_lock(&i2c_dev_array_lock);
-       if (i2c_dev_array[adap->nr]) {
-               spin_unlock(&i2c_dev_array_lock);
-               dev_err(&adap->dev, "i2c-dev already has a device assigned to this adapter\n");
-               goto error;
-       }
        i2c_dev->adap = adap;
-       i2c_dev_array[adap->nr] = i2c_dev;
-       spin_unlock(&i2c_dev_array_lock);
+
+       spin_lock(&i2c_dev_list_lock);
+       list_add_tail(&i2c_dev->list, &i2c_dev_list);
+       spin_unlock(&i2c_dev_list_lock);
        return i2c_dev;
-error:
-       kfree(i2c_dev);
-       return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 }
 
 static void return_i2c_dev(struct i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
 {
-       spin_lock(&i2c_dev_array_lock);
-       i2c_dev_array[i2c_dev->adap->nr] = NULL;
-       spin_unlock(&i2c_dev_array_lock);
+       spin_lock(&i2c_dev_list_lock);
+       list_del(&i2c_dev->list);
+       spin_unlock(&i2c_dev_list_lock);
 }
 
 static ssize_t show_adapter_name(struct class_device *class_dev, char *buf)