diff --git a/drivers/mfd/da9063-core.c b/drivers/mfd/da9063-core.c
index 26937cd01071..e70ae315abc7 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/da9063-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/da9063-core.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static const struct mfd_cell da9063_devs[] = {
 int da9063_device_init(struct da9063 *da9063, unsigned int irq)
 {
 	struct da9063_pdata *pdata = da9063->dev->platform_data;
-	int model, revision;
+	int model, variant_id, variant_code;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (pdata) {
@@ -141,23 +141,26 @@ int da9063_device_init(struct da9063 *da9063, unsigned int irq)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	ret = regmap_read(da9063->regmap, DA9063_REG_CHIP_VARIANT, &revision);
+	ret = regmap_read(da9063->regmap, DA9063_REG_CHIP_VARIANT, &variant_id);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		dev_err(da9063->dev, "Cannot read chip revision id.\n");
+		dev_err(da9063->dev, "Cannot read chip variant id.\n");
 		return -EIO;
 	}
-	revision >>= DA9063_CHIP_VARIANT_SHIFT;
-	if (revision != 3) {
-		dev_err(da9063->dev, "Unknown chip revision: %d\n", revision);
+
+	variant_code = variant_id >> DA9063_CHIP_VARIANT_SHIFT;
+
+	dev_info(da9063->dev,
+		 "Device detected (chip-ID: 0x%02X, var-ID: 0x%02X)\n",
+		 model, variant_id);
+
+	if (variant_code != PMIC_DA9063_BB) {
+		dev_err(da9063->dev, "Unknown chip variant code: 0x%02X\n",
+				variant_code);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	da9063->model = model;
-	da9063->revision = revision;
-
-	dev_info(da9063->dev,
-		 "Device detected (model-ID: 0x%02X  rev-ID: 0x%02X)\n",
-		 model, revision);
+	da9063->variant_code = variant_code;
 
 	ret = da9063_irq_init(da9063);
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/da9063/core.h b/include/linux/mfd/da9063/core.h
index 2d2a0af675fd..00a9aac5d1e8 100644
--- a/include/linux/mfd/da9063/core.h
+++ b/include/linux/mfd/da9063/core.h
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ enum da9063_models {
 	PMIC_DA9063 = 0x61,
 };
 
+enum da9063_variant_codes {
+	PMIC_DA9063_BB = 0x5
+};
+
 /* Interrupts */
 enum da9063_irqs {
 	DA9063_IRQ_ONKEY = 0,
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ struct da9063 {
 	/* Device */
 	struct device	*dev;
 	unsigned short	model;
-	unsigned short	revision;
+	unsigned char	variant_code;
 	unsigned int	flags;
 
 	/* Control interface */