diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/amc6821.c b/drivers/hwmon/amc6821.c
index eea817296513..9f2be3dd28f3 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/amc6821.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/amc6821.c
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp1_max_alarm, S_IRUGO,
 	get_temp_alarm, NULL, IDX_TEMP1_MAX);
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp1_crit_alarm, S_IRUGO,
 	get_temp_alarm, NULL, IDX_TEMP1_CRIT);
-static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp2_input, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp2_input, S_IRUGO,
 	get_temp, NULL, IDX_TEMP2_INPUT);
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp2_min, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, get_temp,
 	set_temp, IDX_TEMP2_MIN);