diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/it87.c b/drivers/i2c/chips/it87.c
index 3d484a7aff12..cf7e6898754f 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/chips/it87.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/it87.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ static ssize_t show_alarms(struct device *dev, char *buf)
 	struct it87_data *data = it87_update_device(dev);
 	return sprintf(buf,"%d\n", ALARMS_FROM_REG(data->alarms));
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(alarms, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_alarms, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(alarms, S_IRUGO, show_alarms, NULL);
 
 static ssize_t
 show_vrm_reg(struct device *dev, char *buf)
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/via686a.c b/drivers/i2c/chips/via686a.c
index ecd1e1de3f05..6614a59cecd4 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/chips/via686a.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/via686a.c
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ static ssize_t show_alarms(struct device *dev, char *buf) {
 	struct via686a_data *data = via686a_update_device(dev);
 	return sprintf(buf,"%d\n", ALARMS_FROM_REG(data->alarms));
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(alarms, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_alarms, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(alarms, S_IRUGO, show_alarms, NULL);
 
 /* The driver. I choose to use type i2c_driver, as at is identical to both
    smbus_driver and isa_driver, and clients could be of either kind */