diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm85.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm85.c
index 12d446f..3594a02 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm85.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm85.c
@@ -1106,7 +1106,6 @@
 static int lm85_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address,
 		int kind)
 {
-	int company, verstep;
 	struct i2c_client *client;
 	struct lm85_data *data;
 	int err = 0;
@@ -1117,10 +1116,6 @@
 		goto ERROR0;
 	}
 
-	/* OK. For now, we presume we have a valid client. We now create the
-	   client structure, even though we cannot fill it completely yet.
-	   But it allows us to access lm85_{read,write}_value. */
-
 	if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct lm85_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto ERROR0;
@@ -1132,75 +1127,57 @@
 	client->adapter = adapter;
 	client->driver = &lm85_driver;
 
-	/* Now, we do the remaining detection. */
+	/* If auto-detecting, determine the chip type */
+	if (kind < 0) {
+		int company = lm85_read_value(client, LM85_REG_COMPANY);
+		int verstep = lm85_read_value(client, LM85_REG_VERSTEP);
 
-	company = lm85_read_value(client, LM85_REG_COMPANY);
-	verstep = lm85_read_value(client, LM85_REG_VERSTEP);
+		dev_dbg(&adapter->dev, "Detecting device at 0x%02x with "
+			"COMPANY: 0x%02x and VERSTEP: 0x%02x\n",
+			address, company, verstep);
 
-	dev_dbg(&adapter->dev, "Detecting device at %d,0x%02x with"
-		" COMPANY: 0x%02x and VERSTEP: 0x%02x\n",
-		i2c_adapter_id(client->adapter), client->addr,
-		company, verstep);
+		/* All supported chips have the version in common */
+		if ((verstep & LM85_VERSTEP_VMASK) != LM85_VERSTEP_GENERIC) {
+			dev_dbg(&adapter->dev, "Autodetection failed: "
+				"unsupported version\n");
+			goto ERROR1;
+		}
+		kind = any_chip;
 
-	/* If auto-detecting, Determine the chip type. */
-	if (kind <= 0) {
-		dev_dbg(&adapter->dev, "Autodetecting device at %d,0x%02x ...\n",
-			i2c_adapter_id(adapter), address);
-		if (company == LM85_COMPANY_NATIONAL
-		    && verstep == LM85_VERSTEP_LM85C) {
-			kind = lm85c;
-		} else if (company == LM85_COMPANY_NATIONAL
-		    && verstep == LM85_VERSTEP_LM85B) {
-			kind = lm85b;
-		} else if (company == LM85_COMPANY_NATIONAL
-		    && (verstep & LM85_VERSTEP_VMASK) == LM85_VERSTEP_GENERIC) {
-			dev_err(&adapter->dev, "Unrecognized version/stepping 0x%02x"
-				" Defaulting to LM85.\n", verstep);
-			kind = any_chip;
-		} else if (company == LM85_COMPANY_ANALOG_DEV
-		    && verstep == LM85_VERSTEP_ADM1027) {
-			kind = adm1027;
-		} else if (company == LM85_COMPANY_ANALOG_DEV
-		    && (verstep == LM85_VERSTEP_ADT7463
-			 || verstep == LM85_VERSTEP_ADT7463C)) {
-			kind = adt7463;
-		} else if (company == LM85_COMPANY_ANALOG_DEV
-		    && (verstep & LM85_VERSTEP_VMASK) == LM85_VERSTEP_GENERIC) {
-			dev_err(&adapter->dev, "Unrecognized version/stepping 0x%02x"
-				" Defaulting to Generic LM85.\n", verstep);
-			kind = any_chip;
-		} else if (company == LM85_COMPANY_SMSC
-		    && (verstep == LM85_VERSTEP_EMC6D100_A0
-			 || verstep == LM85_VERSTEP_EMC6D100_A1)) {
-			/* Unfortunately, we can't tell a '100 from a '101
-			 * from the registers.  Since a '101 is a '100
-			 * in a package with fewer pins and therefore no
-			 * 3.3V, 1.5V or 1.8V inputs, perhaps if those
-			 * inputs read 0, then it's a '101.
-			 */
-			kind = emc6d100;
-		} else if (company == LM85_COMPANY_SMSC
-		    && verstep == LM85_VERSTEP_EMC6D102) {
-			kind = emc6d102;
-		} else if (company == LM85_COMPANY_SMSC
-		    && (verstep & LM85_VERSTEP_VMASK) == LM85_VERSTEP_GENERIC) {
-			dev_err(&adapter->dev, "lm85: Detected SMSC chip\n");
-			dev_err(&adapter->dev, "lm85: Unrecognized version/stepping 0x%02x"
-			    " Defaulting to Generic LM85.\n", verstep);
-			kind = any_chip;
-		} else if (kind == any_chip
-		    && (verstep & LM85_VERSTEP_VMASK) == LM85_VERSTEP_GENERIC) {
-			dev_err(&adapter->dev, "Generic LM85 Version 6 detected\n");
-			/* Leave kind as "any_chip" */
-		} else {
-			dev_dbg(&adapter->dev, "Autodetection failed\n");
-			/* Not an LM85... */
-			if (kind == any_chip) {  /* User used force=x,y */
-				dev_err(&adapter->dev, "Generic LM85 Version 6 not"
-					" found at %d,0x%02x. Try force_lm85c.\n",
-					i2c_adapter_id(adapter), address);
+		/* Now, refine the detection */
+		if (company == LM85_COMPANY_NATIONAL) {
+			switch (verstep) {
+			case LM85_VERSTEP_LM85C:
+				kind = lm85c;
+				break;
+			case LM85_VERSTEP_LM85B:
+				kind = lm85b;
+				break;
 			}
-			err = 0;
+		} else if (company == LM85_COMPANY_ANALOG_DEV) {
+			switch (verstep) {
+			case LM85_VERSTEP_ADM1027:
+				kind = adm1027;
+				break;
+			case LM85_VERSTEP_ADT7463:
+			case LM85_VERSTEP_ADT7463C:
+				kind = adt7463;
+				break;
+			}
+		} else if (company == LM85_COMPANY_SMSC) {
+			switch (verstep) {
+			case LM85_VERSTEP_EMC6D100_A0:
+			case LM85_VERSTEP_EMC6D100_A1:
+				/* Note: we can't tell a '100 from a '101 */
+				kind = emc6d100;
+				break;
+			case LM85_VERSTEP_EMC6D102:
+				kind = emc6d102;
+				break;
+			}
+		} else {
+			dev_dbg(&adapter->dev, "Autodetection failed: "
+				"unknown vendor\n");
 			goto ERROR1;
 		}
 	}