/* status nr from 0 to 2 */
 #define F71805F_REG_STATUS(nr)         (0x36 + (nr))
 
+/* individual register bits */
+#define FAN_CTRL_SKIP                  0x80
+
 /*
  * Data structures and manipulation thereof
  */
        u8 in_low[9];
        u16 fan[3];
        u16 fan_low[3];
-       u8 fan_enabled;         /* Read once at init time */
+       u8 fan_ctrl[3];
        u8 temp[3];
        u8 temp_high[3];
        u8 temp_hyst[3];
                                           F71805F_REG_IN_LOW(nr));
                }
                for (nr = 0; nr < 3; nr++) {
-                       if (data->fan_enabled & (1 << nr))
-                               data->fan_low[nr] = f71805f_read16(data,
-                                                   F71805F_REG_FAN_LOW(nr));
+                       if (data->fan_ctrl[nr] & FAN_CTRL_SKIP)
+                               continue;
+                       data->fan_low[nr] = f71805f_read16(data,
+                                           F71805F_REG_FAN_LOW(nr));
                }
                for (nr = 0; nr < 3; nr++) {
                        data->temp_high[nr] = f71805f_read8(data,
                                       F71805F_REG_IN(nr));
                }
                for (nr = 0; nr < 3; nr++) {
-                       if (data->fan_enabled & (1 << nr))
-                               data->fan[nr] = f71805f_read16(data,
-                                               F71805F_REG_FAN(nr));
+                       if (data->fan_ctrl[nr] & FAN_CTRL_SKIP)
+                               continue;
+                       data->fan[nr] = f71805f_read16(data,
+                                       F71805F_REG_FAN(nr));
                }
                for (nr = 0; nr < 3; nr++) {
                        data->temp[nr] = f71805f_read8(data,
        /* Fan monitoring can be disabled. If it is, we won't be polling
           the register values, and won't create the related sysfs files. */
        for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-               reg = f71805f_read8(data, F71805F_REG_FAN_CTRL(i));
-               if (!(reg & 0x80))
-                       data->fan_enabled |= (1 << i);
+               data->fan_ctrl[i] = f71805f_read8(data,
+                                                 F71805F_REG_FAN_CTRL(i));
        }
 }
 
        if ((err = sysfs_create_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &f71805f_group)))
                goto exit_free;
        for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-               if (!(data->fan_enabled & (1 << i)))
+               if (data->fan_ctrl[i] & FAN_CTRL_SKIP)
                        continue;
                if ((err = sysfs_create_group(&pdev->dev.kobj,
                                              &f71805f_group_fan[i])))