1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
index 87d4add6b7f6..814583bd2fe7 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ static int rtc_dev_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
                 break;
 
         case RTC_PIE_ON:
-                if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
+                if (rtc->irq_freq > rtc->max_user_freq &&
+                                !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
                         return -EACCES;
                 break;
         }