diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/applesmc.c b/drivers/hwmon/applesmc.c
index 5c677ba44014..a24e8fa7fba8 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/applesmc.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/applesmc.c
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ static int applesmc_create_nodes(struct applesmc_node_group *groups, int num)
 			attr = &node->sda.dev_attr.attr;
 			sysfs_attr_init(attr);
 			attr->name = node->name;
-			attr->mode = S_IRUGO | (grp->store ? S_IWUSR : 0);
+			attr->mode = 0444 | (grp->store ? 0200 : 0);
 			ret = sysfs_create_file(&pdev->dev.kobj, attr);
 			if (ret) {
 				attr->name = NULL;