diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index 99de51e87f7f848a891112ed2c4c15aac00d50b0..d32eba11c000f7a78803f5887f8a55ec730f9982 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -415,10 +415,17 @@ static int nvmem_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