diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.h b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.h
index 4c30ec89f5bf82b55e6639211e8b95538baa3e73..3968924f85330ebfc6a3c0a5570040306696c44d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.h
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus.h
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ extern const struct regulator_ops pmbus_regulator_ops;
 /* Function declarations */
 
 void pmbus_clear_cache(struct i2c_client *client);
+void pmbus_set_update(struct i2c_client *client, u8 reg, bool update);
 int pmbus_set_page(struct i2c_client *client, int page, int phase);
 int pmbus_read_word_data(struct i2c_client *client, int page, int phase,
 			 u8 reg);
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
index aadea85fe630776806f66d38ba1e9b3f2a90a62f..e1de93658a649da31dc34df09b11d89c6b747abf 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
@@ -141,6 +141,17 @@ void pmbus_clear_cache(struct i2c_client *client)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pmbus_clear_cache);
 
+void pmbus_set_update(struct i2c_client *client, u8 reg, bool update)
+{
+	struct pmbus_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+	struct pmbus_sensor *sensor;
+
+	for (sensor = data->sensors; sensor; sensor = sensor->next)
+		if (sensor->reg == reg)
+			sensor->update = update;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pmbus_set_update);
+
 int pmbus_set_page(struct i2c_client *client, int page, int phase)
 {
 	struct pmbus_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);