1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c b/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c
index c4f14d9623c4..0230375f72e5 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c
@@ -343,6 +343,11 @@ static int max6875_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
         struct max6875_data *data;
         int err = 0;
 
+        /* Prevent 24RF08 corruption (in case of user error) */
+        if (kind < 0)
+                i2c_smbus_xfer(adapter, address, 0, 0, 0,
+                               I2C_SMBUS_QUICK, NULL);
+
         /* There are three ways we can read the EEPROM data:
            (1) I2C block reads (faster, but unsupported by most adapters)
            (2) Consecutive byte reads (100% overhead)
@@ -370,9 +375,6 @@ static int max6875_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
         new_client->driver = &max6875_driver;
         new_client->flags = 0;
 
-        /* Prevent 24RF08 corruption */
-        i2c_smbus_write_quick(new_client, 0);
-
         /* Setup the user section */
         data->blocks[max6875_eeprom_user].type    = max6875_eeprom_user;
         data->blocks[max6875_eeprom_user].slices  = USER_EEPROM_SLICES;