diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ftsteutates b/Documentation/hwmon/ftsteutates
index 8c10a916de20..af54db92391b 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/ftsteutates
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ftsteutates
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ enhancements. It can monitor up to 4 voltages, 16 temperatures and
 8 fans. It also contains an integrated watchdog which is currently
 implemented in this driver.
 
+To clear a temperature or fan alarm, execute the following command with the
+correct path to the alarm file:
+	echo 0 >XXXX_alarm
+
 Specification of the chip can be found here:
 ftp://ftp.ts.fujitsu.com/pub/Mainboard-OEM-Sales/Services/Software&Tools/Linux_SystemMonitoring&Watchdog&GPIO/BMC-Teutates_Specification_V1.21.pdf
 ftp://ftp.ts.fujitsu.com/pub/Mainboard-OEM-Sales/Services/Software&Tools/Linux_SystemMonitoring&Watchdog&GPIO/Fujitsu_mainboards-1-Sensors_HowTo-en-US.pdf
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ftsteutates.c b/drivers/hwmon/ftsteutates.c
index 0f0277e7aae5..a0fb9e9291f0 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ftsteutates.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ftsteutates.c
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ clear_temp_alarm(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *devattr,
 		goto error;
 
 	data->valid = false;
+	ret = count;
 error:
 	mutex_unlock(&data->update_lock);
 	return ret;
@@ -508,6 +509,7 @@ clear_fan_alarm(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *devattr,
 		goto error;
 
 	data->valid = false;
+	ret = count;
 error:
 	mutex_unlock(&data->update_lock);
 	return ret;