1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/security/min_addr.c b/security/min_addr.c
index e86f297522bf..f728728f193b 100644
--- a/security/min_addr.c
+++ b/security/min_addr.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ int mmap_min_addr_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 {
         int ret;
 
-        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
+        if (write && !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
                 return -EPERM;
 
         ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);