diff --git a/drivers/zorro/zorro-sysfs.c b/drivers/zorro/zorro-sysfs.c
index 9130f1c12c265887d02633ef932fe31fadc5526f..808b4f8675c5609ccd195deb755c40233ddf3059 100644
--- a/drivers/zorro/zorro-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/zorro/zorro-sysfs.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static ssize_t zorro_read_config(struct kobject *kobj,
 static struct bin_attribute zorro_config_attr = {
 	.attr =	{
 		.name = "config",
-		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+		.mode = S_IRUGO,
 	},
 	.size = sizeof(struct ConfigDev),
 	.read = zorro_read_config,