diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
index 36ed50d4b276..c22dc1e07911 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
@@ -278,10 +278,10 @@ static struct attribute *hwmon_genattr(struct device *dev,
 	if (!mode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
-	if ((mode & S_IRUGO) && ((is_string && !ops->read_string) ||
+	if ((mode & 0444) && ((is_string && !ops->read_string) ||
 				 (!is_string && !ops->read)))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-	if ((mode & S_IWUGO) && !ops->write)
+	if ((mode & 0222) && !ops->write)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	hattr = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*hattr), GFP_KERNEL);