diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d.c b/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d.c
index 3109eb8648ce6c07aaefaae130f23dfd21ac3acc..a4929b72506e3467b09a8ad95f1119a39228e2c5 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d.c
@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@
 #define LIS3_SENSITIVITY_12B		((LIS3_ACCURACY * 1000) / 1024)
 #define LIS3_SENSITIVITY_8B		(18 * LIS3_ACCURACY)
 
-#define LIS3_DEFAULT_FUZZ		3
-#define LIS3_DEFAULT_FLAT		3
+#define LIS3_DEFAULT_FUZZ_12B		3
+#define LIS3_DEFAULT_FLAT_12B		3
+#define LIS3_DEFAULT_FUZZ_8B		1
+#define LIS3_DEFAULT_FLAT_8B		1
 
 struct lis3lv02d lis3_dev = {
 	.misc_wait   = __WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER(lis3_dev.misc_wait),
@@ -564,8 +566,16 @@ int lis3lv02d_joystick_enable(void)
 
 	set_bit(EV_ABS, input_dev->evbit);
 	max_val = (lis3_dev.mdps_max_val * lis3_dev.scale) / LIS3_ACCURACY;
-	fuzz = (LIS3_DEFAULT_FUZZ * lis3_dev.scale) / LIS3_ACCURACY;
-	flat = (LIS3_DEFAULT_FLAT * lis3_dev.scale) / LIS3_ACCURACY;
+	if (lis3_dev.whoami == WAI_12B) {
+		fuzz = LIS3_DEFAULT_FUZZ_12B;
+		flat = LIS3_DEFAULT_FLAT_12B;
+	} else {
+		fuzz = LIS3_DEFAULT_FUZZ_8B;
+		flat = LIS3_DEFAULT_FLAT_8B;
+	}
+	fuzz = (fuzz * lis3_dev.scale) / LIS3_ACCURACY;
+	flat = (flat * lis3_dev.scale) / LIS3_ACCURACY;
+
 	input_set_abs_params(input_dev, ABS_X, -max_val, max_val, fuzz, flat);
 	input_set_abs_params(input_dev, ABS_Y, -max_val, max_val, fuzz, flat);
 	input_set_abs_params(input_dev, ABS_Z, -max_val, max_val, fuzz, flat);