diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon-vid.c b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon-vid.c
index bfc296145bb..bf0862a803c 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon-vid.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon-vid.c
@@ -179,8 +179,14 @@ struct vrm_model {
 static struct vrm_model vrm_models[] = {
 	{X86_VENDOR_AMD, 0x6, ANY, ANY, 90},		/* Athlon Duron etc */
 	{X86_VENDOR_AMD, 0xF, 0x3F, ANY, 24},		/* Athlon 64, Opteron */
-	{X86_VENDOR_AMD, 0xF, ANY, ANY, 25},		/* NPT family 0Fh */
+	/* In theory, all NPT family 0Fh processors have 6 VID pins and should
+	   thus use vrm 25, however in practice not all mainboards route the
+	   6th VID pin because it is never needed. So we use the 5 VID pin
+	   variant (vrm 24) for the models which exist today. */
+	{X86_VENDOR_AMD, 0xF, 0x7F, ANY, 24},		/* NPT family 0Fh */
+	{X86_VENDOR_AMD, 0xF, ANY, ANY, 25},		/* future fam. 0Fh */
 	{X86_VENDOR_AMD, 0x10, ANY, ANY, 25},		/* NPT family 10h */
+
 	{X86_VENDOR_INTEL, 0x6, 0x9, ANY, 13},		/* Pentium M (130 nm) */
 	{X86_VENDOR_INTEL, 0x6, 0xB, ANY, 85},		/* Tualatin */
 	{X86_VENDOR_INTEL, 0x6, 0xD, ANY, 13},		/* Pentium M (90 nm) */
@@ -191,12 +197,14 @@ static struct vrm_model vrm_models[] = {
 	{X86_VENDOR_INTEL, 0xF, 0x1, ANY, 90},		/* P4 Willamette */
 	{X86_VENDOR_INTEL, 0xF, 0x2, ANY, 90},		/* P4 Northwood */
 	{X86_VENDOR_INTEL, 0xF, ANY, ANY, 100},		/* Prescott and above assume VRD 10 */
+
 	{X86_VENDOR_CENTAUR, 0x6, 0x7, ANY, 85},	/* Eden ESP/Ezra */
 	{X86_VENDOR_CENTAUR, 0x6, 0x8, 0x7, 85},	/* Ezra T */
 	{X86_VENDOR_CENTAUR, 0x6, 0x9, 0x7, 85},	/* Nemiah */
 	{X86_VENDOR_CENTAUR, 0x6, 0x9, ANY, 17},	/* C3-M, Eden-N */
 	{X86_VENDOR_CENTAUR, 0x6, 0xA, 0x7, 0},		/* No information */
 	{X86_VENDOR_CENTAUR, 0x6, 0xA, ANY, 13},	/* C7, Esther */
+
 	{X86_VENDOR_UNKNOWN, ANY, ANY, ANY, 0}		/* stop here */
 };