diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
index cd188ab72f79c7bba15f5c59d055705d2a68e140..c293d0cdb10483502784653f8617d0f0ecb55562 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
@@ -902,6 +902,7 @@ static int __devinit ds1307_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 		}
 		ds1307->nvram->attr.name = "nvram";
 		ds1307->nvram->attr.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR;
+		sysfs_bin_attr_init(ds1307->nvram);
 		ds1307->nvram->read = ds1307_nvram_read,
 		ds1307->nvram->write = ds1307_nvram_write,
 		ds1307->nvram->size = chip->nvram_size;