diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/max6642.c b/drivers/hwmon/max6642.c
index 0f9fc40379cd14df869f15f8d8608d9f8393eb19..0f30e1bb366fc70ac7240e8e8d3f4c7c94728b69 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/max6642.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/max6642.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR_2(temp1_max, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_temp_max,
 			    set_temp_max, 0, MAX6642_REG_W_LOCAL_HIGH);
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR_2(temp2_max, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_temp_max,
 			    set_temp_max, 1, MAX6642_REG_W_REMOTE_HIGH);
-static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp_fault, S_IRUGO, show_alarm, NULL, 2);
+static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp2_fault, S_IRUGO, show_alarm, NULL, 2);
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp1_max_alarm, S_IRUGO, show_alarm, NULL, 6);
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(temp2_max_alarm, S_IRUGO, show_alarm, NULL, 4);
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static struct attribute *max6642_attributes[] = {
 	&sensor_dev_attr_temp1_max.dev_attr.attr,
 	&sensor_dev_attr_temp2_max.dev_attr.attr,
 
-	&sensor_dev_attr_temp_fault.dev_attr.attr,
+	&sensor_dev_attr_temp2_fault.dev_attr.attr,
 	&sensor_dev_attr_temp1_max_alarm.dev_attr.attr,
 	&sensor_dev_attr_temp2_max_alarm.dev_attr.attr,
 	NULL