diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
index ac1b746df6d0ad765b97bcb2fd77cb5bb99dabcb..73bc2ffc598d2cabf66664f34b43b9f9dbb2d9ce 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
@@ -815,18 +815,18 @@ static int __init sm_lm78_init(void)
 	if (res)
 		return res;
 
-	res = i2c_isa_add_driver(&lm78_isa_driver);
-	if (res) {
-		i2c_del_driver(&lm78_driver);
-		return res;
-	}
+	/* Don't exit if this one fails, we still want the I2C variants
+	   to work! */
+	if (i2c_isa_add_driver(&lm78_isa_driver))
+		isa_address = 0;
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static void __exit sm_lm78_exit(void)
 {
-	i2c_isa_del_driver(&lm78_isa_driver);
+	if (isa_address)
+		i2c_isa_del_driver(&lm78_isa_driver);
 	i2c_del_driver(&lm78_driver);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83781d.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83781d.c
index a4584ec69842fba9910d234fc6c80bb58b2a357f..fea92061f863d0a2dbb0853284f265b282f6647c 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/w83781d.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83781d.c
@@ -1685,11 +1685,10 @@ sensors_w83781d_init(void)
 	if (res)
 		return res;
 
-	res = i2c_isa_add_driver(&w83781d_isa_driver);
-	if (res) {
-		i2c_del_driver(&w83781d_driver);
-		return res;
-	}
+	/* Don't exit if this one fails, we still want the I2C variants
+	   to work! */
+	if (i2c_isa_add_driver(&w83781d_isa_driver))
+		isa_address = 0;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1697,7 +1696,8 @@ sensors_w83781d_init(void)
 static void __exit
 sensors_w83781d_exit(void)
 {
-	i2c_isa_del_driver(&w83781d_isa_driver);
+	if (isa_address)
+		i2c_isa_del_driver(&w83781d_isa_driver);
 	i2c_del_driver(&w83781d_driver);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-isa.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-isa.c
index 4380653748a4c155065bb057148f91e1e1b7eddd..8ed59a2dff532124afc6e899f1df3d6a4622f106 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-isa.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-isa.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ int i2c_isa_add_driver(struct i2c_driver *driver)
 	/* Now look for clients */
 	res = driver->attach_adapter(&isa_adapter);
 	if (res) {
-		dev_err(&isa_adapter.dev,
+		dev_dbg(&isa_adapter.dev,
 			"Driver %s failed to attach adapter, unregistering\n",
 			driver->driver.name);
 		driver_unregister(&driver->driver);