diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c
index e37412da15f5..b99de00e57b8 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c
@@ -143,9 +143,15 @@ static int ad799x_write_config(struct ad799x_state *st, u16 val)
 	case ad7998:
 		return i2c_smbus_write_word_swapped(st->client, AD7998_CONF_REG,
 			val);
-	default:
+	case ad7992:
+	case ad7993:
+	case ad7994:
 		return i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(st->client, AD7998_CONF_REG,
 			val);
+	default:
+		/* Will be written when doing a conversion */
+		st->config = val;
+		return 0;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -155,8 +161,13 @@ static int ad799x_read_config(struct ad799x_state *st)
 	case ad7997:
 	case ad7998:
 		return i2c_smbus_read_word_swapped(st->client, AD7998_CONF_REG);
-	default:
+	case ad7992:
+	case ad7993:
+	case ad7994:
 		return i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(st->client, AD7998_CONF_REG);
+	default:
+		/* No readback support */
+		return st->config;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/iio/inkern.c b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
index 866fe904cba2..90c8cb727cc7 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/inkern.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
@@ -449,6 +449,9 @@ static int iio_channel_read(struct iio_channel *chan, int *val, int *val2,
 	if (val2 == NULL)
 		val2 = &unused;
 
+	if(!iio_channel_has_info(chan->channel, info))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (chan->indio_dev->info->read_raw_multi) {
 		ret = chan->indio_dev->info->read_raw_multi(chan->indio_dev,
 					chan->channel, INDIO_MAX_RAW_ELEMENTS,