diff --git a/drivers/staging/udlfb/udlfb.c b/drivers/staging/udlfb/udlfb.c
index 0e0bc0b23d443..b7ac16005265e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/udlfb/udlfb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/udlfb/udlfb.c
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ static struct device_attribute fb_device_attrs[] = {
 	__ATTR_RO(metrics_bytes_identical),
 	__ATTR_RO(metrics_bytes_sent),
 	__ATTR_RO(metrics_cpu_kcycles_used),
-	__ATTR(metrics_reset, S_IRUSR, NULL, metrics_reset_store),
+	__ATTR(metrics_reset, S_IWUSR, NULL, metrics_reset_store),
 };
 
 /*