diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/ibm-cffps.c b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/ibm-cffps.c
index d6bbbb223871..ffde5aaa5036 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/ibm-cffps.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/ibm-cffps.c
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ static struct pmbus_driver_info ibm_cffps_info[] = {
 };
 
 static struct pmbus_platform_data ibm_cffps_pdata = {
-	.flags = PMBUS_SKIP_STATUS_CHECK,
+	.flags = PMBUS_SKIP_STATUS_CHECK | PMBUS_NO_CAPABILITY,
 };
 
 static int ibm_cffps_probe(struct i2c_client *client)