1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 30b2ebee6439..f517e6e488c8 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ struct attribute_group {
  */
 
 #define __ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) {                           \
-        .attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode },           \
+        .attr = {.name = __stringify(_name),                            \
+                 .mode = VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS(_mode) },             \
         .show   = _show,                                                \
         .store  = _store,                                               \
 }