diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/max1619.c b/drivers/hwmon/max1619.c
index eda9cf599685..a18278938494 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/max1619.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/max1619.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static ssize_t set_temp(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *devattr,
 	return count;
 }
 
-static ssize_t show_alarms(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+static ssize_t alarms_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			   char *buf)
 {
 	struct max1619_data *data = max1619_update_device(dev);
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp2_crit, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_temp, set_temp,
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp2_crit_hyst, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_temp,
 			  set_temp, t_hyst2);
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(alarms, S_IRUGO, show_alarms, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(alarms);
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp2_crit_alarm, S_IRUGO, show_alarm, NULL, 1);
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp2_fault, S_IRUGO, show_alarm, NULL, 2);
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp2_min_alarm, S_IRUGO, show_alarm, NULL, 3);