diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index 5163c8f918cb23a13f8cbe32e64db5d35a512317..5497f7fc44d04c0287a6c51d968a7df0165a37c3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -1413,8 +1413,14 @@ static ssize_t hot_remove_store(struct class *class,
 	return ret ? ret : count;
 }
 
+/*
+ * NOTE: hot_add attribute is not the usual read-only sysfs attribute. In a
+ * sense that reading from this file does alter the state of your system -- it
+ * creates a new un-initialized zram device and returns back this device's
+ * device_id (or an error code if it fails to create a new device).
+ */
 static struct class_attribute zram_control_class_attrs[] = {
-	__ATTR_RO(hot_add),
+	__ATTR(hot_add, 0400, hot_add_show, NULL),
 	__ATTR_WO(hot_remove),
 	__ATTR_NULL,
 };