diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
index bdc13d28b1ea2c09924f6b41f6c873807c49f1ab..35f00dae3676b39cd42d37cf2aec64113eeae497 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
@@ -809,10 +809,10 @@ config SENSORS_DME1737
 	  will be called dme1737.
 
 config SENSORS_EMC1403
-	tristate "SMSC EMC1403 thermal sensor"
+	tristate "SMSC EMC1403/23 thermal sensor"
 	depends on I2C
 	help
-	  If you say yes here you get support for the SMSC EMC1403
+	  If you say yes here you get support for the SMSC EMC1403/23
 	  temperature monitoring chip.
 
 	  Threshold values can be configured using sysfs.
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/emc1403.c b/drivers/hwmon/emc1403.c
index 8dee3f38fdfb27e1c80a9fb36add60e414aeb805..5dea9faa1656804e1be018d396e005b78ad77a02 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/emc1403.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/emc1403.c
@@ -269,23 +269,30 @@ static int emc1403_detect(struct i2c_client *client,
 			struct i2c_board_info *info)
 {
 	int id;
-	/* Check if thermal chip is SMSC and EMC1403 */
+	/* Check if thermal chip is SMSC and EMC1403 or EMC1423 */
 
 	id = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, THERMAL_SMSC_ID_REG);
 	if (id != 0x5d)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	id = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, THERMAL_PID_REG);
+	switch (id) {
+	case 0x21:
+		strlcpy(info->type, "emc1403", I2C_NAME_SIZE);
+		break;
+	case 0x23:
+		strlcpy(info->type, "emc1423", I2C_NAME_SIZE);
+		break;
 	/* Note: 0x25 is the 1404 which is very similar and this
 	   driver could be extended */
-	id = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, THERMAL_PID_REG);
-	if (id != 0x21)
+	default:
 		return -ENODEV;
+	}
 
 	id = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, THERMAL_REVISION_REG);
 	if (id != 0x01)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	strlcpy(info->type, "emc1403", I2C_NAME_SIZE);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -342,6 +349,7 @@ static const unsigned short emc1403_address_list[] = {
 
 static const struct i2c_device_id emc1403_idtable[] = {
 	{ "emc1403", 0 },
+	{ "emc1423", 0 },
 	{ }
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, emc1403_idtable);