diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
index 4cc0b42f2acc..ded48a0c77ee 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
@@ -577,6 +577,23 @@ static void at24_get_pdata(struct device *dev, struct at24_platform_data *chip)
 	if (device_property_present(dev, "read-only"))
 		chip->flags |= AT24_FLAG_READONLY;
 
+	err = device_property_read_u32(dev, "address-width", &val);
+	if (!err) {
+		switch (val) {
+		case 8:
+			if (chip->flags & AT24_FLAG_ADDR16)
+				dev_warn(dev, "Override address width to be 8, while default is 16\n");
+			chip->flags &= ~AT24_FLAG_ADDR16;
+			break;
+		case 16:
+			chip->flags |= AT24_FLAG_ADDR16;
+			break;
+		default:
+			dev_warn(dev, "Bad \"address-width\" property: %u\n",
+				 val);
+		}
+	}
+
 	err = device_property_read_u32(dev, "pagesize", &val);
 	if (!err) {
 		chip->page_size = val;