diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/abituguru.c b/drivers/hwmon/abituguru.c
index c618667..d575ee9 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/abituguru.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/abituguru.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/hwmon.h>
 #include <linux/hwmon-sysfs.h>
+#include <linux/dmi.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 
 /* Banks */
@@ -1447,6 +1448,15 @@
 	int address, err;
 	struct resource res = { .flags = IORESOURCE_IO };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DMI
+	char *board_vendor = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR);
+
+	/* safety check, refuse to load on non Abit motherboards */
+	if (!force && (!board_vendor ||
+			strcmp(board_vendor, "http://www.abit.com.tw/")))
+		return -ENODEV;
+#endif
+
 	address = abituguru_detect();
 	if (address < 0)
 		return address;