diff --git a/src/FruDevice.cpp b/src/FruDevice.cpp
index 3ae71b1..8eb34a0 100644
--- a/src/FruDevice.cpp
+++ b/src/FruDevice.cpp
@@ -529,15 +529,22 @@
             rootFailures = &(failedAddresses[rootBus]);
         }
 
+        constexpr int startSkipSlaveAddr = 0;
+        constexpr int endSkipSlaveAddr = 12;
+
         for (int ii = first; ii <= last; ii++)
         {
             if (skipList.find(ii) != skipList.end())
             {
                 continue;
             }
-
+            // skipping since no device is present in this range
+            if (ii >= startSkipSlaveAddr && ii <= endSkipSlaveAddr)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
             // Set slave address
-            if (ioctl(file, I2C_SLAVE_FORCE, ii) < 0)
+            if (ioctl(file, I2C_SLAVE, ii) < 0)
             {
                 std::cerr << "device at bus " << bus << " register " << ii
                           << " busy\n";