diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pm8xxx-adc.c b/drivers/hwmon/pm8xxx-adc.c
index 23890b27481..aa9acf7a93d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pm8xxx-adc.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pm8xxx-adc.c
@@ -1083,6 +1083,7 @@ static int32_t pm8xxx_adc_init_hwmon(struct platform_device *pdev)
 						adc_pmic->adc_channel[i].name;
 		memcpy(&adc_pmic->sens_attr[i], &pm8xxx_adc_attr,
 						sizeof(pm8xxx_adc_attr));
+		sysfs_attr_init(&adc_pmic->sens_attr[i].dev_attr.attr);
 		rc = device_create_file(&pdev->dev,
 				&adc_pmic->sens_attr[i].dev_attr);
 		if (rc) {