the SMBus standard. */
 static int lm75_read_value(struct i2c_client *client, u8 reg)
 {
+       int value;
+
        if (reg == LM75_REG_CONF)
                return i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, reg);
-       else
-               return swab16(i2c_smbus_read_word_data(client, reg));
+
+       value = i2c_smbus_read_word_data(client, reg);
+       return (value < 0) ? value : swab16(value);
 }
 
 static int lm75_write_value(struct i2c_client *client, u8 reg, u16 value)
                int i;
                dev_dbg(&client->dev, "Starting lm75 update\n");
 
-               for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(data->temp); i++)
-                       data->temp[i] = lm75_read_value(client,
-                                                       LM75_REG_TEMP[i]);
+               for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(data->temp); i++) {
+                       int status;
+
+                       status = lm75_read_value(client, LM75_REG_TEMP[i]);
+                       if (status < 0)
+                               dev_dbg(&client->dev, "reg %d, err %d\n",
+                                               LM75_REG_TEMP[i], status);
+                       else
+                               data->temp[i] = status;
+               }
                data->last_updated = jiffies;
                data->valid = 1;
        }