diff --git a/kernel/chips/eeprom.c b/kernel/chips/eeprom.c
index 8400fe12..d2939d79 100644
--- a/kernel/chips/eeprom.c
+++ b/kernel/chips/eeprom.c
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ int eeprom_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address,
 	}
 #endif
 
-	if (!i2c_check_functionality(adapter, I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA |
-				     I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_WORD_DATA))
+	if (!i2c_check_functionality(adapter, I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA))
 		    goto ERROR0;
 
 	/* OK. For now, we presume we have a valid client. We now create the