diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/max1111.c b/drivers/hwmon/max1111.c
index 303d0c9df907..8ddd4d690652 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/max1111.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/max1111.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(max1111_read_channel);
  * likely to be used by hwmon applications to distinguish between
  * different devices, explicitly add a name attribute here.
  */
-static ssize_t show_name(struct device *dev,
+static ssize_t name_show(struct device *dev,
 			 struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", to_spi_device(dev)->modalias);
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static ssize_t show_adc(struct device *dev,
 #define MAX1111_ADC_ATTR(_id)		\
 	SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(in##_id##_input, S_IRUGO, show_adc, NULL, _id)
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, show_name, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(name);
 static MAX1111_ADC_ATTR(0);
 static MAX1111_ADC_ATTR(1);
 static MAX1111_ADC_ATTR(2);