1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 600b33358ded..41bbba1a15da 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1961,7 +1961,7 @@ int proc_dointvec_bset(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
 {
         int op;
 
-        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE)) {
+        if (write && !capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE)) {
                 return -EPERM;
         }