diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
index bafbeb1a26245d71f4809af93bdf6738662e71d3..650480f41f1d5f9f2776c2d5e000ecc89453cba7 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@
 				      struct uffdio_zeropage)
 #define UFFDIO_WRITEPROTECT	_IOWR(UFFDIO, _UFFDIO_WRITEPROTECT, \
 				      struct uffdio_writeprotect)
-#define UFFDIO_CONTINUE		_IOR(UFFDIO, _UFFDIO_CONTINUE,	\
-				     struct uffdio_continue)
+#define UFFDIO_CONTINUE		_IOWR(UFFDIO, _UFFDIO_CONTINUE,	\
+				      struct uffdio_continue)
 
 /* read() structure */
 struct uffd_msg {