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-rw-r--r--drivers/hwmon/lm75.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm75.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm75.c
index f58439b817b5..6753fd940c76 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm75.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm75.c
@@ -415,6 +415,12 @@ static int lm75_detect(struct i2c_client *new_client,
|| i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(new_client, 7) != os)
return -ENODEV;
}
+ /*
+ * It is very unlikely that this is a LM75 if both
+ * hysteresis and temperature limit registers are 0.
+ */
+ if (hyst == 0 && os == 0)
+ return -ENODEV;
/* Addresses cycling */
for (i = 8; i <= 248; i += 40) {