diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
index 2c96d8a548f7..ec601bbf91b9 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
@@ -120,10 +120,7 @@ static inline int TEMP_FROM_REG(s8 val)
    LM78 chips available (well, actually, that is probably never done; but
    it is a clean illustration of how to handle a case like that). Finally,
    a specific chip may be attached to *both* ISA and SMBus, and we would
-   not like to detect it double. Fortunately, in the case of the LM78 at
-   least, a register tells us what SMBus address we are on, so that helps
-   a bit - except if there could be more than one SMBus. Groan. No solution
-   for this yet. */
+   not like to detect it double. */
 
 /* For ISA chips, we abuse the i2c_client addr and name fields. We also use
    the driver field to differentiate between I2C and ISA chips. */
@@ -457,12 +454,24 @@ static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp1_alarm, S_IRUGO, show_alarm, NULL, 4);
 /* This function is called when:
      * lm78_driver is inserted (when this module is loaded), for each
        available adapter
-     * when a new adapter is inserted (and lm78_driver is still present) */
+     * when a new adapter is inserted (and lm78_driver is still present)
+   We block updates of the ISA device to minimize the risk of concurrent
+   access to the same LM78 chip through different interfaces. */
 static int lm78_attach_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
 {
+	struct lm78_data *data;
+	int err;
+
 	if (!(adapter->class & I2C_CLASS_HWMON))
 		return 0;
-	return i2c_probe(adapter, &addr_data, lm78_detect);
+
+	data = pdev ? platform_get_drvdata(pdev) : NULL;
+	if (data)
+		mutex_lock(&data->update_lock);
+	err = i2c_probe(adapter, &addr_data, lm78_detect);
+	if (data)
+		mutex_unlock(&data->update_lock);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static struct attribute *lm78_attributes[] = {
@@ -531,6 +540,40 @@ static ssize_t show_name(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, show_name, NULL);
 
+/* Returns 1 if the I2C chip appears to be an alias of the ISA chip */
+static int lm78_alias_detect(struct i2c_client *client, u8 chipid)
+{
+	struct lm78_data *i2c, *isa;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!pdev)	/* No ISA chip */
+		return 0;
+
+	i2c = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+	isa = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+
+	if (lm78_read_value(isa, LM78_REG_I2C_ADDR) != client->addr)
+		return 0;	/* Address doesn't match */
+	if ((lm78_read_value(isa, LM78_REG_CHIPID) & 0xfe) != (chipid & 0xfe))
+		return 0;	/* Chip type doesn't match */
+
+	/* We compare all the limit registers, the config register and the
+	 * interrupt mask registers */
+	for (i = 0x2b; i <= 0x3d; i++) {
+		if (lm78_read_value(isa, i) != lm78_read_value(i2c, i))
+			return 0;
+	}
+	if (lm78_read_value(isa, LM78_REG_CONFIG) !=
+	    lm78_read_value(i2c, LM78_REG_CONFIG))
+		return 0;
+	for (i = 0x43; i <= 0x46; i++) {
+		if (lm78_read_value(isa, i) != lm78_read_value(i2c, i))
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /* This function is called by i2c_probe */
 static int lm78_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
 {
@@ -589,6 +632,13 @@ static int lm78_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
 			err = -ENODEV;
 			goto ERROR2;
 		}
+
+		if (lm78_alias_detect(new_client, i)) {
+			dev_dbg(&adapter->dev, "Device at 0x%02x appears to "
+				"be the same as ISA device\n", address);
+			err = -ENODEV;
+			goto ERROR2;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (kind == lm78) {
@@ -959,14 +1009,12 @@ static int __init sm_lm78_init(void)
 {
 	int res;
 
-	res = i2c_add_driver(&lm78_driver);
-	if (res)
-		goto exit;
-
+	/* We register the ISA device first, so that we can skip the
+	 * registration of an I2C interface to the same device. */
 	if (lm78_isa_found(isa_address)) {
 		res = platform_driver_register(&lm78_isa_driver);
 		if (res)
-			goto exit_unreg_i2c_driver;
+			goto exit;
 
 		/* Sets global pdev as a side effect */
 		res = lm78_isa_device_add(isa_address);
@@ -974,12 +1022,16 @@ static int __init sm_lm78_init(void)
 			goto exit_unreg_isa_driver;
 	}
 
+	res = i2c_add_driver(&lm78_driver);
+	if (res)
+		goto exit_unreg_isa_device;
+
 	return 0;
 
+ exit_unreg_isa_device:
+	platform_device_unregister(pdev);
  exit_unreg_isa_driver:
 	platform_driver_unregister(&lm78_isa_driver);
- exit_unreg_i2c_driver:
-	i2c_del_driver(&lm78_driver);
  exit:
 	return res;
 }