diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/max6639.c b/drivers/hwmon/max6639.c
index a06346496e1d..1fc12e1463b5 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/max6639.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/max6639.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static int max6639_init_client(struct i2c_client *client,
 			return err;
 
 		/* Fans PWM polarity high by default */
-		err = regmap_write(data->regmap, MAX6639_REG_FAN_CONFIG2a(i), 0x00);
+		err = regmap_write(data->regmap, MAX6639_REG_FAN_CONFIG2a(i), 0x02);
 		if (err)
 			return err;