diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.c b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.c
index 0a74991a60f0..1b2b79f6ea3a 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.c
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ 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 d013acf3f83a..c00bad02761a 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
@@ -1759,7 +1759,10 @@ 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);