diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c
index 3fdccd99a9d9..b400c04371f0 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/group.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/group.c
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ static int create_files(struct kernfs_node *parent, struct kobject *kobj,
 				if (!mode)
 					continue;
 			}
+
+			WARN(mode & ~(SYSFS_PREALLOC | 0664),
+			     "Attribute %s: Invalid permissions 0%o\n",
+			     (*attr)->name, mode);
+
+			mode &= SYSFS_PREALLOC | 0664;
 			error = sysfs_add_file_mode_ns(parent, *attr, false,
 						       mode, NULL);
 			if (unlikely(error))