A man who had his conviction for intentionally infecting his partner with HIV overturned has been released from jail after being given a suspended sentence on a lesser charge.

Gold Coast acrobat Godfrey Zaburoni was given a five-year suspended sentence for grievous bodily harm.

He walked free from a Brisbane court on Friday afternoon.

Judge Julie Dick said it was difficult to determine a sentence length because it was "not just a one off act".

She said she could not do much about the time Zaburoni had already served.

"The only way I can recognize the three years, three months [served] is to order that your sentence be wholly suspended," she said.

Zaburoni, originally from Zimbabwe, was originally sentenced to more than nine years' jail in 2013, but his conviction was overturned in the High Court in April.

Australian authorities have previously indicated he is likely to face deportation to Zimbabwe upon his release.

He was initially jailed for infecting his girlfriend at the time, and lying to her about his medical history.

While he admitted infecting her, Zaburoni had argued he did not do so deliberately and was ignorant about how the virus was transmitted.

Although the High Court judgment said Zaburoni was repeatedly warned by doctors not to have unprotected sex, during a 2010 police interview he said he did not know much about the disease and was not told the need to inform sexual partners.

He was diagnosed with HIV in 1998 when performing with a touring circus in Adelaide.

Zaburoni once appeared on the television program Australia's Got Talent.