diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/HuamiSupport.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/HuamiSupport.java
index 859a5f7c28..16409595c3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/HuamiSupport.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/HuamiSupport.java
@@ -3895,7 +3895,7 @@ public abstract class HuamiSupport extends AbstractBTLEDeviceSupport {
         return this;
     }
 
-    private HuamiSupport requestAlarms(TransactionBuilder builder) {
+    protected HuamiSupport requestAlarms(TransactionBuilder builder) {
         LOG.info("Requesting alarms");
         //FIXME: on older devices only the first one works, and on newer only the last is sufficient
         writeToConfiguration(builder, HuamiService.COMMAND_REQUEST_ALARMS);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/amazfitneo/AmazfitNeoSupport.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/amazfitneo/AmazfitNeoSupport.java
index d6c16a7ecd..9c0cf20fb3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/amazfitneo/AmazfitNeoSupport.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/amazfitneo/AmazfitNeoSupport.java
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ public class AmazfitNeoSupport extends MiBand5Support {
         writeToChunked(builder, 2, bytes);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected AmazfitNeoSupport requestAlarms(TransactionBuilder builder) {
+        return this; //Neo always returns response array with '03' in it which marks alarms unused on connect
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean supportsHourlyChime() { return true; }