diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627ehf b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627ehf
index ccc2bcb..d6e1ae3 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627ehf
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627ehf
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
 
 The chips implement three temperature sensors, five fan rotation
 speed sensors, ten analog voltage sensors (only nine for the 627DHG), one
-VID (6 pins), alarms with beep warnings (control unimplemented), and
-some automatic fan regulation strategies (plus manual fan control mode).
+VID (6 pins for the 627EHF/EHG, 8 pins for the 627DHG), alarms with beep
+warnings (control unimplemented), and some automatic fan regulation
+strategies (plus manual fan control mode).
 
 Temperatures are measured in degrees Celsius and measurement resolution is 1
 degC for temp1 and 0.5 degC for temp2 and temp3. An alarm is triggered when
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c
index 6995928..075164d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c
@@ -1202,8 +1202,7 @@
 		device_remove_file(dev, &sda_temp[i].dev_attr);
 
 	device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_name);
-	if (data->vid != 0x3f)
-		device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_cpu0_vid);
+	device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_cpu0_vid);
 }
 
 /* Get the monitoring functions started */
@@ -1303,11 +1302,16 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		data->vid = superio_inb(sio_data->sioreg, SIO_REG_VID_DATA) & 0x3f;
+		data->vid = superio_inb(sio_data->sioreg, SIO_REG_VID_DATA);
+		if (sio_data->kind == w83627ehf) /* 6 VID pins only */
+			data->vid &= 0x3f;
+
+		err = device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_cpu0_vid);
+		if (err)
+			goto exit_release;
 	} else {
 		dev_info(dev, "VID pins in output mode, CPU VID not "
 			 "available\n");
-		data->vid = 0x3f;
 	}
 
 	/* fan4 and fan5 share some pins with the GPIO and serial flash */
@@ -1390,12 +1394,6 @@
 	if (err)
 		goto exit_remove;
 
-	if (data->vid != 0x3f) {
-		err = device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_cpu0_vid);
-		if (err)
-			goto exit_remove;
-	}
-
 	data->hwmon_dev = hwmon_device_register(dev);
 	if (IS_ERR(data->hwmon_dev)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(data->hwmon_dev);