diff --git a/hw/i2c/pmbus_device.c b/hw/i2c/pmbus_device.c
index 3bce39e84e..481e158380 100644
--- a/hw/i2c/pmbus_device.c
+++ b/hw/i2c/pmbus_device.c
@@ -1244,6 +1244,11 @@ static int pmbus_write_data(SMBusDevice *smd, uint8_t *buf, uint8_t len)
     pmdev->in_buf = buf;
 
     pmdev->code = buf[0]; /* PMBus command code */
+
+    if (pmdev->code == PMBUS_CLEAR_FAULTS) {
+        pmbus_clear_faults(pmdev);
+    }
+
     if (len == 1) { /* Single length writes are command codes only */
         return 0;
     }