diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83l786ng.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83l786ng.c
index badca76..27da7d2 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/w83l786ng.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83l786ng.c
@@ -590,53 +590,31 @@
 		 struct i2c_board_info *info)
 {
 	struct i2c_adapter *adapter = client->adapter;
+	u16 man_id;
+	u8 chip_id;
 
 	if (!i2c_check_functionality(adapter, I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA)) {
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Now we do the remaining detection. A negative kind means that
-	 * the driver was loaded with no force parameter (default), so we
-	 * must both detect and identify the chip (actually there is only
-	 * one possible kind of chip for now, W83L786NG). A zero kind means
-	 * that the driver was loaded with the force parameter, the detection
-	 * step shall be skipped. A positive kind means that the driver
-	 * was loaded with the force parameter and a given kind of chip is
-	 * requested, so both the detection and the identification steps
-	 * are skipped.
-	 */
-	if (kind < 0) { /* detection */
-		if (((w83l786ng_read_value(client,
-		    W83L786NG_REG_CONFIG) & 0x80) != 0x00)) {
-			dev_dbg(&adapter->dev,
-				"W83L786NG detection failed at 0x%02x.\n",
-				client->addr);
-			return -ENODEV;
-		}
+	/* Detection */
+	if ((w83l786ng_read_value(client, W83L786NG_REG_CONFIG) & 0x80)) {
+		dev_dbg(&adapter->dev, "W83L786NG detection failed at 0x%02x\n",
+			client->addr);
+		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	if (kind <= 0) { /* identification */
-		u16 man_id;
-		u8 chip_id;
+	/* Identification */
+	man_id = (w83l786ng_read_value(client, W83L786NG_REG_MAN_ID1) << 8) +
+		 w83l786ng_read_value(client, W83L786NG_REG_MAN_ID2);
+	chip_id = w83l786ng_read_value(client, W83L786NG_REG_CHIP_ID);
 
-		man_id = (w83l786ng_read_value(client,
-		    W83L786NG_REG_MAN_ID1) << 8) +
-		    w83l786ng_read_value(client, W83L786NG_REG_MAN_ID2);
-		chip_id = w83l786ng_read_value(client, W83L786NG_REG_CHIP_ID);
-
-		if (man_id == 0x5CA3) { /* Winbond */
-			if (chip_id == 0x80) { /* W83L786NG */
-				kind = w83l786ng;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (kind <= 0) { /* identification failed */
-			dev_info(&adapter->dev,
-			    "Unsupported chip (man_id=0x%04X, "
-			    "chip_id=0x%02X).\n", man_id, chip_id);
-			return -ENODEV;
-		}
+	if (man_id != 0x5CA3 ||		/* Winbond */
+	    chip_id != 0x80) {		/* W83L786NG */
+		dev_dbg(&adapter->dev,
+			"Unsupported chip (man_id=0x%04X, chip_id=0x%02X)\n",
+			man_id, chip_id);
+		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	strlcpy(info->type, "w83l786ng", I2C_NAME_SIZE);