diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
index cbfabdd69056c..1363d9f89181d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
@@ -2541,7 +2541,6 @@ static int pmbus_identify_common(struct i2c_client *client,
 		}
 	}
 
-	pmbus_clear_fault_page(client, page);
 	return 0;
 }