diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 589f04fcd53e..0c32366fcfff 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2165c8a45bf2fba49f54fb81a50914f883bd14df
+refs/heads/master: 998a8e7a72f6a81f540d3a3774d8e8aae6c7f9f2
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/power/lp8727_charger.c b/trunk/drivers/power/lp8727_charger.c
index 2a649e07ddde..a7e5cc2b4d74 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/power/lp8727_charger.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/power/lp8727_charger.c
@@ -425,6 +425,9 @@ static int lp8727_probe(struct i2c_client *cl, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 	struct lp8727_chg *pchg;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!i2c_check_functionality(cl->adapter, I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK))
+		return -EIO;
+
 	pchg = kzalloc(sizeof(*pchg), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pchg)
 		return -ENOMEM;