diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd756.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd756.c
index 7490dc1771a..573abe44084 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd756.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd756.c
@@ -334,6 +334,10 @@ static int __devinit amd756_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	int error;
 	u8 temp;
 	
+	/* driver_data might come from user-space, so check it */
+	if (id->driver_data > ARRAY_SIZE(chipname))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (amd756_ioport) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Only one device supported "
 		       "(you have a strange motherboard, btw)\n");
@@ -405,6 +409,7 @@ static struct pci_driver amd756_driver = {
 	.id_table	= amd756_ids,
 	.probe		= amd756_probe,
 	.remove		= __devexit_p(amd756_remove),
+	.dynids.use_driver_data = 1,
 };
 
 static int __init amd756_init(void)
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c
index c9ce77f13c0..661ebc7a711 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c
@@ -318,6 +318,10 @@ static int __devinit vt596_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	unsigned char temp;
 	int error = -ENODEV;
 
+	/* driver_data might come from user-space, so check it */
+	if (id->driver_data & 1 || id->driver_data > 0xff)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* Determine the address of the SMBus areas */
 	if (force_addr) {
 		vt596_smba = force_addr & 0xfff0;
@@ -455,6 +459,7 @@ static struct pci_driver vt596_driver = {
 	.name		= "vt596_smbus",
 	.id_table	= vt596_ids,
 	.probe		= vt596_probe,
+	.dynids.use_driver_data = 1,
 };
 
 static int __init i2c_vt596_init(void)