1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/cpupower.c b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/cpupower.c
index 7cdcf88659c7..9ea914378985 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/cpupower.c
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/cpupower.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
         }
 
         get_cpu_info(0, &cpupower_cpu_info);
-        run_as_root = !getuid();
+        run_as_root = !geteuid();
         if (run_as_root) {
                 ret = uname(&uts);
                 if (!ret && !strcmp(uts.machine, "x86_64") &&