diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/nvmem-sysfs.c b/drivers/nvmem/nvmem-sysfs.c
index 6f303b91f6e7..9e0c429cd08a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/nvmem-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/nvmem-sysfs.c
@@ -224,10 +224,17 @@ int nvmem_sysfs_setup_compat(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
 	if (!config->base_dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (nvmem->read_only)
-		nvmem->eeprom = bin_attr_ro_root_nvmem;
-	else
-		nvmem->eeprom = bin_attr_rw_root_nvmem;
+	if (nvmem->read_only) {
+		if (config->root_only)
+			nvmem->eeprom = bin_attr_ro_root_nvmem;
+		else
+			nvmem->eeprom = bin_attr_ro_nvmem;
+	} else {
+		if (config->root_only)
+			nvmem->eeprom = bin_attr_rw_root_nvmem;
+		else
+			nvmem->eeprom = bin_attr_rw_nvmem;
+	}
 	nvmem->eeprom.attr.name = "eeprom";
 	nvmem->eeprom.size = nvmem->size;
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC