1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 1b255df4fcd0..c904748f2290 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1676,7 +1676,7 @@ static int proc_dointvec_taint(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
 {
         int op;
 
-        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+        if (write && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
                 return -EPERM;
 
         op = OP_OR;