diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
index 53061bceaad850d9ad81de84d63743675715b7d4..9dd331bc29b01386f89532e4c057d5a126f516e0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static int aac_cfg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static int aac_cfg_ioctl(struct inode *inode,  struct file *file,
 		unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
 		return -EPERM;
 	return aac_do_ioctl(file->private_data, cmd, (void __user *)arg);
 }
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ static int aac_compat_ioctl(struct scsi_device *sdev, int cmd, void __user *arg)
 
 static long aac_compat_cfg_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
 		return -EPERM;
 	return aac_compat_do_ioctl((struct aac_dev *)file->private_data, cmd, arg);
 }