diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
index 06cb971c889b..ba01127c1deb 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static const struct lm90_params lm90_params[] = {
 		.max_convrate = 9,
 	},
 	[max6646] = {
-		.flags = LM90_HAVE_CRIT,
+		.flags = LM90_HAVE_CRIT | LM90_HAVE_BROKEN_ALERT,
 		.alert_alarms = 0x7c,
 		.max_convrate = 6,
 		.reg_local_ext = MAX6657_REG_R_LOCAL_TEMPL,