1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy_ioctl.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy_ioctl.c
index 409e4c15f9b7..0d5f5054ab64 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy_ioctl.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static int ide_floppy_format_ioctl(ide_drive_t *drive, struct file *file,
         case IDEFLOPPY_IOCTL_FORMAT_GET_CAPACITY:
                 return ide_floppy_get_format_capacities(drive, argp);
         case IDEFLOPPY_IOCTL_FORMAT_START:
-                if (!(file->f_mode & 2))
+                if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
                         return -EPERM;
                 return ide_floppy_format_unit(drive, (int __user *)argp);
         case IDEFLOPPY_IOCTL_FORMAT_GET_PROGRESS: