diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.h b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.h
index 10fb17879f8e..0bbb8ae9341c 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.h
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.h
@@ -409,6 +409,12 @@ enum pmbus_sensor_classes {
 enum pmbus_data_format { linear = 0, ieee754, direct, vid };
 enum vrm_version { vr11 = 0, vr12, vr13, imvp9, amd625mv };
 
+/* PMBus revision identifiers */
+#define PMBUS_REV_10 0x00	/* PMBus revision 1.0 */
+#define PMBUS_REV_11 0x11	/* PMBus revision 1.1 */
+#define PMBUS_REV_12 0x22	/* PMBus revision 1.2 */
+#define PMBUS_REV_13 0x33	/* PMBus revision 1.3 */
+
 struct pmbus_driver_info {
 	int pages;		/* Total number of pages */
 	u8 phases[PMBUS_PAGES];	/* Number of phases per page */
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
index 7ec04934747e..4b73c7b27e9a 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ struct pmbus_data {
 
 	u32 flags;		/* from platform data */
 
+	u8 revision;	/* The PMBus revision the device is compliant with */
+
 	int exponent[PMBUS_PAGES];
 				/* linear mode: exponent for output voltages */
 
@@ -1093,9 +1095,14 @@ static int pmbus_get_boolean(struct i2c_client *client, struct pmbus_boolean *b,
 
 	regval = status & mask;
 	if (regval) {
-		ret = _pmbus_write_byte_data(client, page, reg, regval);
-		if (ret)
-			goto unlock;
+		if (data->revision >= PMBUS_REV_12) {
+			ret = _pmbus_write_byte_data(client, page, reg, regval);
+			if (ret)
+				goto unlock;
+		} else {
+			pmbus_clear_fault_page(client, page);
+		}
+
 	}
 	if (s1 && s2) {
 		s64 v1, v2;
@@ -2639,6 +2646,10 @@ static int pmbus_init_common(struct i2c_client *client, struct pmbus_data *data,
 			data->flags |= PMBUS_WRITE_PROTECTED | PMBUS_SKIP_STATUS_CHECK;
 	}
 
+	ret = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, PMBUS_REVISION);
+	if (ret >= 0)
+		data->revision = ret;
+
 	if (data->info->pages)
 		pmbus_clear_faults(client);
 	else