diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.c b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.c
index 7718e58dbda543d0687af136c53e551f799f349d..7688dab32f6e6088725d75427d9dccabba99f1fd 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.c
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ static int pmbus_identify(struct i2c_client *client,
 		} else {
 			info->pages = 1;
 		}
+
+		pmbus_clear_faults(client);
 	}
 
 	if (pmbus_check_byte_register(client, 0, PMBUS_VOUT_MODE)) {
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
index 82c3754e21e337c83b4d7e3a12236da78500f370..2e2b5851139c2f9612d52b2db7efe23f8e57c96b 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
@@ -2015,7 +2015,10 @@ static int pmbus_init_common(struct i2c_client *client, struct pmbus_data *data,
 	if (ret >= 0 && (ret & PB_CAPABILITY_ERROR_CHECK))
 		client->flags |= I2C_CLIENT_PEC;
 
-	pmbus_clear_faults(client);
+	if (data->info->pages)
+		pmbus_clear_faults(client);
+	else
+		pmbus_clear_fault_page(client, -1);
 
 	if (info->identify) {
 		ret = (*info->identify)(client, info);