diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lm90 b/Documentation/hwmon/lm90
index 6e963b696d85..fa475c0a48a3 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/lm90
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lm90
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ Supported chips:
                            0x4c, 0x4d and 0x4e
     Datasheet: Publicly available at the Maxim website
                http://www.maxim-ic.com/datasheet/index.mvp/id/4199
+  * Winbond/Nuvoton W83L771W/G
+    Prefix: 'w83l771'
+    Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c
+    Datasheet: No longer available
   * Winbond/Nuvoton W83L771AWG/ASG
     Prefix: 'w83l771'
     Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c
@@ -169,12 +173,16 @@ MAX6695 and MAX6696:
   * Second critical temperature limit
   * Two remote sensors
 
-W83L771AWG/ASG
-  * The AWG and ASG variants only differ in package format.
+W83L771W/G
+  * The G variant is lead-free, otherwise similar to the W.
   * Filter and alert configuration register at 0xBF
-  * Diode ideality factor configuration (remote sensor) at 0xE3
   * Moving average (depending on conversion rate)
 
+W83L771AWG/ASG
+  * Successor of the W83L771W/G, same features.
+  * The AWG and ASG variants only differ in package format.
+  * Diode ideality factor configuration (remote sensor) at 0xE3
+
 All temperature values are given in degrees Celsius. Resolution
 is 1.0 degree for the local temperature, 0.125 degree for the remote
 temperature, except for the MAX6657, MAX6658 and MAX6659 which have a
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
index 9a3742b67c8c..3e88140b9d77 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ config SENSORS_LM90
 	  LM86, LM89 and LM99, Analog Devices ADM1032 and ADT7461, Maxim
 	  MAX6646, MAX6647, MAX6648, MAX6649, MAX6657, MAX6658, MAX6659,
 	  MAX6680, MAX6681, MAX6692, MAX6695, MAX6696, and Winbond/Nuvoton
-	  W83L771AWG/ASG sensor chips.
+	  W83L771W/G/AWG/ASG sensor chips.
 
 	  This driver can also be built as a module.  If so, the module
 	  will be called lm90.
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
index f9e76c757de8..812781c655a7 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@
  * Addresses to scan
  * Address is fully defined internally and cannot be changed except for
  * MAX6659, MAX6680 and MAX6681.
- * LM86, LM89, LM90, LM99, ADM1032, ADM1032-1, ADT7461, MAX6649, MAX6657
- * and MAX6658 have address 0x4c.
+ * LM86, LM89, LM90, LM99, ADM1032, ADM1032-1, ADT7461, MAX6649, MAX6657,
+ * MAX6658 and W83L771 have address 0x4c.
  * ADM1032-2, ADT7461-2, LM89-1, LM99-1 and MAX6646 have address 0x4d.
  * MAX6647 has address 0x4e.
  * MAX6659 can have address 0x4c, 0x4d or 0x4e.
@@ -1237,10 +1237,23 @@ static int lm90_detect(struct i2c_client *new_client,
 	} else
 	if (address == 0x4C
 	 && man_id == 0x5C) { /* Winbond/Nuvoton */
-		if ((chip_id & 0xFE) == 0x10 /* W83L771AWG/ASG */
-		 && (reg_config1 & 0x2A) == 0x00
-		 && reg_convrate <= 0x08) {
-			name = "w83l771";
+		int reg_config2;
+
+		reg_config2 = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(new_client,
+						LM90_REG_R_CONFIG2);
+		if (reg_config2 < 0)
+			return -ENODEV;
+
+		if ((reg_config1 & 0x2A) == 0x00
+		 && (reg_config2 & 0xF8) == 0x00) {
+			if (chip_id == 0x01 /* W83L771W/G */
+			 && reg_convrate <= 0x09) {
+				name = "w83l771";
+			} else
+			if ((chip_id & 0xFE) == 0x10 /* W83L771AWG/ASG */
+			 && reg_convrate <= 0x08) {
+				name = "w83l771";
+			}
 		}
 	}