diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ltc4245.c b/drivers/hwmon/ltc4245.c
index 034b2c515848..e38964333612 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ltc4245.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ltc4245.c
@@ -382,7 +382,8 @@ static int ltc4245_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	mutex_init(&data->update_lock);
 
 	/* Initialize the LTC4245 chip */
-	/* TODO */
+	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, LTC4245_FAULT1, 0x00);
+	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, LTC4245_FAULT2, 0x00);
 
 	/* Register sysfs hooks */
 	ret = sysfs_create_group(&client->dev.kobj, &ltc4245_group);