diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.c b/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.c
index 13a6290c8d25..d593517af5c2 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.c
@@ -241,6 +241,12 @@ static ssize_t occ_show_temp_1(struct device *dev,
 		val = get_unaligned_be16(&temp->sensor_id);
 		break;
 	case 1:
+		/*
+		 * If a sensor reading has expired and couldn't be refreshed,
+		 * OCC returns 0xFFFF for that sensor.
+		 */
+		if (temp->value == 0xFFFF)
+			return -EREMOTEIO;
 		val = get_unaligned_be16(&temp->value) * 1000;
 		break;
 	default: