acpi_status status;
        int result;
        acpi_handle handle;
+       mode_t proc_file_mode;
        struct sony_acpi_value *item;
 
        sony_acpi_acpi_device = device;
        }
 
        for (item = sony_acpi_values; item->name; ++item) {
+               proc_file_mode = 0;
+
                if (!debug && item->debug)
                        continue;
 
                if (item->acpiget &&
-                   ACPI_FAILURE(acpi_get_handle(sony_acpi_handle,
+                   ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(sony_acpi_handle,
                                 item->acpiget, &handle)))
-                       continue;
+                       proc_file_mode = S_IRUSR;
+               else
+                       printk(LOG_PFX "unable to get ACPI handle for %s (get)\n",
+                                       item->name);
 
                if (item->acpiset &&
-                   ACPI_FAILURE(acpi_get_handle(sony_acpi_handle,
+                   ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(sony_acpi_handle,
                                 item->acpiset, &handle)))
-                       continue;
+                       proc_file_mode |= S_IWUSR;
+               else
+                       printk(LOG_PFX "unable to get ACPI handle for %s (set)\n",
+                                       item->name);
+
+               if (proc_file_mode == 0)
+                       continue;
 
-               item->proc = create_proc_entry(item->name, 0666,
+               item->proc = create_proc_entry(item->name, proc_file_mode,
                                               acpi_device_dir(device));
                if (!item->proc) {
                        printk(LOG_PFX "unable to create proc entry\n");
        return 0;
 
 outproc:
+       for (item = sony_acpi_values; item->name; ++item)
+               if (item->proc)
+                       remove_proc_entry(item->name, acpi_device_dir(device));
+outnotify:
        status = acpi_remove_notify_handler(sony_acpi_handle,
                                            ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY,
                                            sony_acpi_notify);
        if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
                printk(LOG_PFX "unable to remove notify handler\n");
-outnotify:
-       for (item = sony_acpi_values; item->name; ++item)
-               if (item->proc)
-                       remove_proc_entry(item->name, acpi_device_dir(device));
 outwalk:
        return result;
 }