diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c b/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c
index e5234f953a6d..4fa482ae0eb5 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c
@@ -390,21 +390,21 @@ static umode_t jc42_is_visible(const void *_data, enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
 {
 	const struct jc42_data *data = _data;
 	unsigned int config = data->config;
-	umode_t mode = S_IRUGO;
+	umode_t mode = 0444;
 
 	switch (attr) {
 	case hwmon_temp_min:
 	case hwmon_temp_max:
 		if (!(config & JC42_CFG_EVENT_LOCK))
-			mode |= S_IWUSR;
+			mode |= 0200;
 		break;
 	case hwmon_temp_crit:
 		if (!(config & JC42_CFG_TCRIT_LOCK))
-			mode |= S_IWUSR;
+			mode |= 0200;
 		break;
 	case hwmon_temp_crit_hyst:
 		if (!(config & (JC42_CFG_EVENT_LOCK | JC42_CFG_TCRIT_LOCK)))
-			mode |= S_IWUSR;
+			mode |= 0200;
 		break;
 	case hwmon_temp_input:
 	case hwmon_temp_max_hyst: