static int i2c_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, struct i2c_driver *driver)
 {
        const unsigned short *address_list;
-       struct i2c_client temp_client;
+       struct i2c_client *temp_client;
        int i, err = 0;
 
        address_list = driver->address_list;
                return 0;
 
        /* Set up a temporary client to help detect callback */
-       memset(&temp_client, 0, sizeof(temp_client));
-       temp_client.adapter = adapter;
+       temp_client = kzalloc(sizeof(*temp_client), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!temp_client)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       temp_client->adapter = adapter;
 
        for (i = 0; address_list[i] != I2C_CLIENT_END; i += 1) {
                dev_dbg(&adapter->dev,
                        "found normal entry for adapter %d, addr 0x%02x\n",
                        i2c_adapter_id(adapter), address_list[i]);
-               temp_client.addr = address_list[i];
-               err = i2c_detect_address(&temp_client, driver);
+               temp_client->addr = address_list[i];
+               err = i2c_detect_address(temp_client, driver);
                if (unlikely(err))
                        break;
        }
 
+       kfree(temp_client);
+
        return err;
 }